Brown

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Brown (disambiguation).
For different varieties of brown and their names, see Shades of brown.
Brown
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#964B00
sRGBB (r, g, b)(150, 75, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(30°, 100%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(40, 72, 31°)
SourceCSS Colour Module Level 3[1][2][3]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing and painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black.[4][5][6]

In the RGB color model used to project colors onto television screens and computer monitors, brown combines red and green. The color brown is seen widely in nature, wood, soil, human hair color, eye color and skin pigmentation. Brown is the color of dark wood or rich soil.[7]

According to public opinion surveys in Europe and the United States, brown is the least favorite color of the public; it is often associated with plainness, the rustic, although it does also have positive associations, including baking, warmth, wildlife, the autumn and music.

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  2. ^ "Brpwn / #a52a2a hex color". 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Brown / Auburn / #a52a2a Hex Color Code". Encycolorpedia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, (2002), Oxford University Press.
  5. ^ Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language: "A combination of red, blue, and yellow."
  6. ^ Oxford English Dictionaries On-Line: "Of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil"
  7. ^ Shorter Oxford English Dictionary; "of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil"