brown
adj.adj. having a color like chocolate, coffee, or wood. You use this to describe things that are dark and earthy.
adj. of a color produced by mixing red, yellow, and black, or orange and black; resembling the hue of earth or wood.
The dog has soft brown fur.
She wore a brown leather jacket that matched the color of her boots perfectly.
The artist used various shades of brown and ochre to capture the rugged texture of the mountain landscape during the autumn months.
From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Commonly used as a gradable adjective; can be modified by degree adverbs like 'very' or 'light'.