A World of Color: Brown

Brush up on this list of words for different shades of brown.

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  1. acorn
    a nut that comes from an oak tree
  2. almond
    oval-shaped edible seed of a tree
  3. auburn
    (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
  4. baked potato
    potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
  5. bark
    tough protective covering of trees
  6. bark
    tough protective covering of trees
  7. beaver
    the soft brown fur of a large semiaquatic rodent
  8. beige
    a very light brown
  9. brick red
    a bright reddish-brown color
  10. bronze
    give a yellow-brown color or appearance to something
  11. brown
    of a color similar to that of wood or earth
  12. brownie
    square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
  13. brunette
    a person with dark (brown) hair
  14. buff
    a medium to dark tan color
  15. burnt sienna
    a shade of brown with a tinge of red
  16. burnt umber
    a medium brown to dark-brown color
  17. cafe au lait
    equal parts of coffee and hot milk
  18. camel
    cud-chewing mammal used as a saddle animal in desert regions
  19. caramel
    a medium to dark tan color
  20. carob
    powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree
  21. cedar
    durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees
  22. chai
    a beverage made with black tea, milk, sugar and spices
  23. chestnut
    a dark golden-brown color
  24. chicory
    the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
  25. chocolate
    a medium brown to dark-brown color
  26. cinnamon
    tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark
  27. cocoa
    powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
  28. coconut
    large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
  29. coffee
    a medium brown to dark-brown color
  30. copper
    a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
  31. cordovan
    a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain
  32. deep brown
    a medium brown to dark-brown color
  33. deer
    a deer or closely related animal with hooves and antlers
  34. dirt
    the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
  35. ecru
    a very light brown
  36. fawn
    a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  37. firewood
    wood used for fuel
  38. fortune cookie
    thin folded wafer containing a note on a slip of paper inside
  39. ginger
    having a bright orange-brown color
  40. gingerbread
    cake flavored with ginger
  41. gold
    having the deep slightly brownish color
  42. golden
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  43. grayish brown
    a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  44. hardwood
    the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees
  45. hazel
    a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish
  46. henna
    a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
  47. hickory
    a valuable, tough, heavy hardwood
  48. khaki
    of a yellowish brown color
  49. latte
    strong espresso coffee topped with frothed steamed milk
  50. light brown
    a brown that is light but unsaturated
  51. mahogany
    a shade of brown with a tinge of red
  52. maple
    wood of any of various maple trees
  53. mocha
    a dark brown color
  54. olive brown
    a shade of brown tinged with green
  55. peanut
    widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
  56. pecan
    smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
  57. penny
    a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
  58. raw sienna
    a yellowish-brown pigment made from untreated sienna
  59. raw umber
    greenish brown pigment
  60. reddish brown
    a shade of brown with a tinge of red
  61. russet
    of brown with a reddish tinge
  62. rust
    of the brown color of rust
  63. sand
    a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
  64. sepia
    a shade of brown with a tinge of red
  65. sienna
    an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
  66. syrup
    a thick sweet sticky liquid
  67. tan
    a light brown the color of topaz
  68. taupe
    a greyish brown
  69. tawny
    having the color of tanned leather
  70. topaz
    a light brown the color of a mineral used as a gemstone
  71. umber
    a medium brown to dark-brown color
  72. Vandyke brown
    a moderate brown color
  73. walnut
    the hard, dark-brown wood of a tree bearing edible seeds
  74. wheat
    annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
  75. wood
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  76. yellowish brown
    a medium to dark tan color
Created on Wed Aug 23 15:46:46 EDT 2023 (updated Mon Oct 02 12:55:28 EDT 2023)

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