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BROWNNESS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An orange of low brightness and saturation

Synonyms:

brown; brownness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("brownness" is a kind of...):

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brownness"):

Vandyke brown (a moderate brown color)

chestnut (the brown color of chestnuts)

burnt umber; chocolate; coffee; deep brown; umber (a medium brown to dark-brown color)

hazel (a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes)

light brown (a brown that is light but unsaturated)

mocha (a dark brown color)

burnt sienna; mahogany; reddish brown; sepia; Venetian red (a shade of brown with a tinge of red)

buff; caramel; caramel brown; raw sienna; yellowish brown (a medium to dark tan color)

puce (a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red)

olive brown (a shade of brown tinged with green)

taupe (a greyish brown)

Derivation:

brown (of a color similar to that of wood or earth)

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