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REDDISH BROWN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A shade of brown with a tinge of red

Synonyms:

burnt sienna; mahogany; reddish brown; sepia; Venetian red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("reddish brown" is a kind of...):

brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)

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

brick red (a bright reddish-brown color)

copper; copper color (a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper)

Indian red (a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians)

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