The brown and orange disks of color are objectively identical, in identical gray surrounds, in this image; their perceived color categories depend on what white they are compared to.

Brown, when used as a general term, is a color that is a dark yellow, orange, or red, of low luminance relative to lighter or white colored objects. Yellow is the Color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M (long and medium wavelength Cone cells of the Retina about equally The colour orange occurs Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Luminance is a photometric measure of the density of Luminous intensity in a given direction ^[1]

Some amber and yellow colors of lower saturation are called light browns. Amber is an orange - Yellow Color that got its name from the material known as Amber. In Colorimetry and Color theory, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity

Brown

Brown
— Commonly represents —
nature, earth, soil, dirt, chocolate
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#964B00
B	(r, g, b)	(150, 75, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 100%, 59%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color brown is displayed on the right. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. Earth, home and origin of humanity has often been worshipped in its own right with its own unique spiritual tradition Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is a four piece rock band from Chicago Illinois United States founded by Shaun Glass Tom Schofield Tim King and Adam Zadel Chocolate ( pronounced or /-ˈələt/ comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical Cacao tree Web colors are Colors used in designing web pages and the methods for describing and specifying those colors Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Green is a Color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a Wavelength of roughly 520–570- nm. Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by HSL and HSV are two related representations of points in an RGB color space, which attempt to describe perceptual color relationships more accurately than Hue is one of the main properties of a Color described with names such as " Red " " Yellow " etc In Colorimetry and Color theory, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity Brightness is an attribute of Visual perception in which a source appears to emit or reflect a given amount of Light.

Brown paint can be produced by adding black or their complementary colors to rose, red, orange, or yellow colored paint. Complementary colors are pairs of Colors that are of “opposite” Hue in some Color model. As a color of low intensity it is a tertiary color in the original technical sense: a mix of the three subtractive primary colors is brown if the cyan content is low. A tertiary color is a Color made by mixing one Primary color with one Secondary color, in a given Color space such as RGB or Primary colors are sets of Colors that can be combined to make a useful range ( Gamut) of colors Cyan (saɪæn from Greek κυανός / kyanos, meaning "blue" may be used as the name of any of a number of a range of colors in the blue/green part of Brown exists as a color perception only in the presence of a brighter color contrast: yellow, orange, red, or rose objects are still perceived as such if the general illumination level is low, despite reflecting the same amount of red or orange light as a brown object would in normal lighting conditions.

The first recorded use of brown as a color name in English was in AD 1000. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States ^[2]

Variations of brown

Pale brown

Pale Brown
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#987654
B	(r, g, b)	(152, 118, 84)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 45%, 60%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color pale brown. Web colors are Colors used in designing web pages and the methods for describing and specifying those colors Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Green is a Color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a Wavelength of roughly 520–570- nm. Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by HSL and HSV are two related representations of points in an RGB color space, which attempt to describe perceptual color relationships more accurately than Hue is one of the main properties of a Color described with names such as " Red " " Yellow " etc In Colorimetry and Color theory, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity Brightness is an attribute of Visual perception in which a source appears to emit or reflect a given amount of Light.

Dark brown

Dark Brown
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#654321
B	(r, g, b)	(101, 67, 33)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 67%, 40%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color dark brown. Web colors are Colors used in designing web pages and the methods for describing and specifying those colors Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Green is a Color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a Wavelength of roughly 520–570- nm. Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by HSL and HSV are two related representations of points in an RGB color space, which attempt to describe perceptual color relationships more accurately than Hue is one of the main properties of a Color described with names such as " Red " " Yellow " etc In Colorimetry and Color theory, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity Brightness is an attribute of Visual perception in which a source appears to emit or reflect a given amount of Light.

Brown in culture

Animal Rights

• The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about Vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910 Class and society Socially the Edwardian era was a period during which the British Class system was very rigid Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

Astronomy

• The planet Jupiter has orange, red, and brown coloration in its clouds. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is
• Astronomers have recently detected the existence of the long theorized formerly hypothetical but now known to be actual astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, which are intermediate in mass between a gas giant planet and a star. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena s are significant physical entities, associations or structures which current Science has confirmed to exist in Space. Brown dwarfs are sub- stellar objects with a mass below that necessary to maintain Hydrogen -burning Nuclear fusion reactions in their cores as do stars Mass is a fundamental concept in Physics, roughly corresponding to the Intuitive idea of how much Matter there is in an object A gas giant (sometimes also known as a Jovian planet after the planet Jupiter, or giant planet) is a large Planet that is not primarily A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth

Business

• Pullman Brown^[3] is the color of the United Parcel Service (UPS) delivery company with their trademark brown trucks and uniforms. A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to United Parcel Service Inc ( commonly referred to as UPS, is one of the world's largest Package delivery companies UPS has filed two trademarks on the color brown to prevent other shipping companies (and possibly other companies in general) from using the color if it creates "market confusion. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual " In its advertising, UPS refers to itself as "Brown" ("What can Brown do for you?").

The brown color scheme of Ubuntu (Linux)

City Planning

• Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where redevelopment for infill housing is complicated by real or perceived environmental contaminations. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U Infill in its broadest meaning is material that fills in an otherwise unoccupied space ^[4]

Computing

• Ubuntu is well known for its default brown color scheme. Computing is usually defined like the activity of using and developing Computer technology Computer hardware and software. Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu --> Ubuntu The exact shades have changed from release to release, with a general trend towards lighter colors and 'shiny' graphics.

Cooking

a baked cake

• Browning (partial cooking) is a process to remove excess fat from meat by heating, as under a broiler or in a frying pan, until it turns brown. Cooking is the process of preparing Food by applying Heat, selecting measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure for producing safe and edible Browning is the process of partially cooking Meat to help remove excessive Fat and to give the meat a brown color and flavor via the Maillard reaction.

Ethnography

• Brown is sometimes used to refer to brown people in general or sometimes more specifically to the darker skinned Indo-Aryan and Dravidian of South Asia^[5] or to Latin Americans. Ethnography ( Greek ethnos = people and graphein = writing is a genre of writing that uses Fieldwork to provide a descriptive Brown people or brown race is a Political, racial, ethnic, societal, and cultural classification similar to Black Dravidian peoples refers to the peoples that natively speak languages belonging to the Dravidian language family.
• The term brown or bronze may be used by mestizo Hispanics to describe themselves, and by extension these terms may sometimes be applied to all Hispanics, even those of purely European ancestry. Mestizo is a Spanish term that was coined during the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry in Latin Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically
• Austronesians in the 19th Century and 20th Century were often referred to as the Malayan race or brown race. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The concept of a Malay race ( Bangsa Melayu) was proposed by the German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840 In most societies and by some anthropologists color terminology was used to label races sometimes in addition to a non-color term for the same race. (A term for Austronesians often used today is Maritime Asian. The Malay Archipelago is a name given to the Archipelago located between mainland Southeastern Asia ( Indochina) and Australia. )
• In her 1942 Glossary of Harlem Slang, Zora Neale Hurston placed "high yaller" at the beginning of the entry for her African American colorscale, which ran:

Food

• Chocolate is often associated with the color brown. Zora Neale Hurston ( January 7, 1891 &ndash January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time High yellow, occasionally simply yellow ( dialect: yaller, yeller) is a term for very light-skinned multiracial people who also have African African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an Chocolate ( pronounced or /-ˈələt/ comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical Cacao tree
• Brownies are a favorite dessert. A chocolate brownie is a flat baked square or bar sliced from a type of dense rich Chocolate Cake.
• Boston brown bread is a popular bread made with molasses that is often sold in cans. Brown bread is a designation often given to breads made with significant amounts of Whole grain Flour, usually Rye or Wheat, and sometimes dark-colored Molasses or Treacle is a thick Syrup by-product from the processing of the Sugarcane or Sugar beet into Sugar.

Games

• In the billiard game of Snooker the 4-point snooker ball is brown. A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long

Movies

• Four shades of brown^[6] is the title of a Swedish film from 2004

the brown earth during a drought

Music

• Little Brown Jug is a drinking song written in 1869 by Joseph Winner. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. " Little Brown Jug " is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Winner, originally published credited to "Eastburn" (Winner's middle name A drinking song is a song sung while drinking that is consuming Alcohol. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Eastburn Winner (1837-1918 was an American Composer and music publisher
• Brown Sugar is one of the most popular songs by the Rolling Stones (Album: Sticky Fingers). " Brown Sugar " is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones. Sticky Fingers is an album by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in April 1971
• The song "Brown Eyed Girl" is by the artist Van Morrison (Album: Blowin' Your Mind!). " Brown Eyed Girl " is a Song by Northern Irish Singer-songwriter Van Morrison. George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award -winning Northern Irish Singer, Blowin' Your Mind! is the solo debut Album by Northern Irish Musician Van Morrison, recorded on the 28th and 29th of March 1967 and
• The song "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" is by the artist Primus (Album: Tales from the Punchbowl). " Wynona's Big Brown Beaver " is the first single off Primus 's 1995 album Tales From the Punchbowl. Tales from the Punchbowl is the fourth studio album by Primus, released on May 23, 1995.

Nature

brown is a common human hair color

• Many soils are brown. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is a four piece rock band from Chicago Illinois United States founded by Shaun Glass Tom Schofield Tim King and Adam Zadel
• Many kinds of wood and the bark of many trees are brown. Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or
• Feces are usually brown. Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the Anus
• A large number of mammals and predatory birds have a brown coloration. This sometimes changes seasonally, and sometimes remains the same year-round. This color is likely related to camouflage, since the backdrop of some environments, such as the forest floor, is often brown, and especially in the spring and summertime when animals like the Snowshoe Hare get brown fur. Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible Organism The Snowshoe Hare ( Lepus americanus) also called the Varying Hare, is a species of Hare found in North America.

Parapsychology

• It is said that people who have brown auras are often unethical businessmen who are in business purely for the sake of greed, or people who are just generally greedy and avaricious. Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to demonstrate the existence and causes of Psychic abilities and life after death using the Scientific method In Parapsychology and many forms of spiritual practice an aura is a field of subtle luminous radiation surrounding a person or object like the Halo or Greed is the Selfish desire for or pursuit of Money, Wealth, power, Food, or other Possessions, especially when this denies ^[7]

Politics

• In the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, the German Nazi paramilitary organization the Sturmabteilung (SA) wore brown uniforms and were known as the brownshirts. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers It was often said of members of the SA that they were like a beefsteak--"brown on the outside, and red on the inside"--because many of them were former Communists. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The color brown was used to represent the Nazi vote on maps of electoral districts in Germany. If someone voted for the Nazis, they were said to be "voting brown". The national headquarters of the Nazi party, in Munich, was called the Brown House. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. The Nazi seizure of power in 1933 was called the Brown Revolution. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Machtergreifung ( is a German word meaning "seizure of power" ^[8] At Adolf Hitler's Obersalzberg home, the Berghof, he slept in a "bed which was usually covered by a brown quilt embroidered with a huge swastika. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Obersalzberg is a mountainside above the village of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany. The Berghof was Adolf Hitler 's home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany. The swastika (from Sanskrit: svástika sa स्वस्तिक Hindu IS CORRECT if 'ि' is positioned incorrectly see -->) is The swastika also appeared on Hitler's brown satin pajamas, embroidered in black against a red background on the pocket. He had a matching brown silk robe. "^[9]

Sexuality

• In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a brown bandana means that one is into the fetish of coprophilia. Generally speaking human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings Handkerchief code or hanky code (also known as bandana code and flagging) is a way of indicating usually among Gay male Casual sex In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. The leather subculture denotes practices and styles of dress organized around sexual activities and Hedonistic Eroticism (" kink " Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the Sexual attraction to materials and objects not conventionally viewed as being sexual in nature Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος kópros - excrement and φιλία filía - liking fondness) also called scat, is the Paraphilia ^[10]

Sports

• Brown is sometimes used as a team color or name, as in the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, which got its name from its founder and long-time coach, Paul Brown, but also uses brown as a team color. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Paul Eugene Brown ( September 7, 1908 - August 5, 1991) was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development The St. Louis Browns are a former Major League Baseball team, now known as the Baltimore Orioles; they do not use brown as a team color. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. For about 25 years, the San Diego Padres had brown as a primary team color. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969

References

See also

• List of colors

External links

• All About Brown