- the colour of earth or coffee
- leaves of various shades of brown
- Brown doesn't (= brown clothes do not) suit you.
- lovely warm browns and golds
- His skin was a golden brown and he was well-built.
- dark browns and other deep earth tones
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- very
- uniformly
- dark
- deep
- light
- …
Word OriginOld English brūn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun.Want to learn more?
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