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n.
Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.

adj., brown·er, brown·est.

Of the color brown.
1. Having a brownish or dark skin color.
2. Often Offensive. Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.
Deeply suntanned.

tr. & intr.v., browned, brown·ing, browns.

To make or become brown.
To cook until brown.

phrasal verb:

brown off Chiefly British Slang.

To make angry or irritated.

[Middle English, from Old English brūn.]

brownish brown'ish adj.
brownness brown'ness n.

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To cook quickly over high heat, causing the surface of the food to turn brown while the interior stays moist. This method not only gives food an appetizing color, but also a rich flavor. Browning is usually done on top of the stove, but may also be achieved under a broiling unit.

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Idioms beginning with brown:
brown bagger
browned off
brownie points
brown nose

See also do up (brown).

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Although perhaps the commonest colour, brown is not in the spectrum: it is not a spectral hue. It cannot normally be produced by a mixture of any three lights — as can the spectral hues (see colour vision: brain mechanisms; colour vision: eye mechanisms) — and is thus somewhat mysterious. It seems to depend on contrast, and on perceived surface texture, which may also affect other colours.

(Published 1987)

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1. a composite color, therefore variable from creamy to dark brown which is almost black, made from black, red and yellow.
2. a coat color; in horses a brown coat with a tan muzzle; a few hairs of another color may be scattered through the coat creating a brown roan (white admixture), brown chestnut (admixture of chestnut), etc. A brown-ticked gray is a gray horse with wheat grain sized patches of brown hairs scattered through the coat; in cattle a rich creamy brown as in Brown Swiss and many other indigenous breeds.

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IN BRIEF: Fry in a pan until it changes color. Also: The color of most dirt.

The recipe said to brown the chicken in a pan.

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This article is about the color. For other uses, see Brown (disambiguation).

Brown

— Common connotations —
soil, autumn, earth, skin, maple leaf, chocolate, coffee, caramel, stone, Thanksgiving
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`964B00`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(150, 75, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 100%, 59%)
Source		^[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

— Some variations of Brown —
Brown (X11)
Dark Brown
Pale Brown

Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red or yellow with black. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color.^[1] The Common Germanic adjective *brûnoz, *brûnâ meant both dark colors and a glistening or shining quality, whence burnish. The current meaning develops in Middle English from the 14th century.^[2]

The adjective is applied to naturally occurring colors, referring to animal fur, human hair, human skin pigmentation (tans), partially charred or carbonized fiber as in toasted bread and other foods, peat, withered leaves, etc.^[3]

In terms of the visible spectrum, "brown" refers to high wavelength hues, yellow, orange, or red, in combination with low luminance or saturation.^[4] Since brown may cover a wide range of the visible spectrum, composite adjectives such as red brown, yellowish brown, dark brown or light brown (amber)

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.

As a color of low intensity, brown is a tertiary color: a mix of the three subtractive primary colors is brown if the cyan content is low. 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.^[5]

Other meanings

Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where redevelopment for infill housing is complicated by environmental contaminations.^[6]

A baked cake

Browning removes excess fat from meat by heating, as under a broiler or in a frying pan, until it turns brown.
Browning describes chemical changes to food, desirable and undesirable. Examples of browning reactions include caramelization and the Maillard reaction (generally desirable) and the process that leads to the undesirable browning of the flesh of cut apples, pears, potatos, and the like.

Brown refers to brown people in general or to darker skinned Indo-Aryan and Dravidian of South Asia.
Brown or bronze is used mestizo or Amerindian Hispanics to describe themselves.
Despite being referred to as black, the Black people of Sub-Saharan Africa are brown in complexion.
Austronesians in the 19th century and 20th century were referred to as the Malayan race or brown race. (A term for Austronesians today is Maritime Asian.)
In her 1942 Glossary of Harlem Slang, Zora Neale Hurston placed "high yaller" at the beginning of the entry for her African American colorscale: "high yaller, yaller, high brown, vaseline brown, seal brown, low brown, dark brown".

In the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, the German Nazi paramilitary organization the Sturmabteilung (SA) wore brown uniforms and were known as the brownshirts. 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. Brown represented the Nazi vote on maps of electoral districts in Germany. A vote for Nazis was "voting brown". The national headquarters of the Nazi party, in Munich, was called the Brown House. The Nazi seizure of power in 1933 was called the Brown Revolution.^[7] 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. The swastika appeared on Hitler's brown satin pajamas, embroidered in black against a red background on the pocket."^[8]

"Brown" is a common surname, as are the equivalent words in other European languages.

In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a brown bandana means that one is into the Sexual fetish of scat.^[9]

References

^ first attested in The Meters of Boethius 26. 58, ca. AD 1000: stunede sio brune yd wid odre "One dark wave dashed against the other".
^ His hare [was] like to the nute brun, quen it for ripnes fals dun "his hair was like the nut brown, when for ripeness it falls down", Cursor M. 18833, ca. AD 1300, cited after OED.
^ "The burned and scorched superficies [of roast meat], the brown we call it." Robert Burton, The anatomy of melancholy(1651), p. 232.
^ "Some Experiments on Color", Nature 111, 1871, in John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) (1899). Scientific Papers. University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=KWMSAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=date:0-1923+light+red+green+yellow-or-orange&as_brr=1#PPA85,M1.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191
^ "Glossary of Terms for Brownfields" (PDF). HSRC. http://www.hsrc.org/hsrc/html/tosc/sswtosc/glossary.pdf#search='origin%20of%20term%20brownfields'. Retrieved 2006-05-25.
^ Toland, John Hitler: The Pictorial Documentary of his Life Garden City, New York:1978 Doubleday & Sons Chapter 5 "The Brown Revolution" Pages 42-60
^ Infield, Glenn B. Eva and Adolf New York:1974--Grosset and Dunlap Page 142 (The author compiled this book by interviewing Albert Speer and others who had been in Hitler's inner circle, such as SS men, secretaries, and housekeepers. The author consulted the Musmanno Archives, a record of post-war interviews with 200 people close to Adolf Hitler or Eva Braun.)
^ Card showing list of bandana colors and their meanings, available at Image Leather, 2199 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114 and Gay City USA Hanky Codes:

v • d • e Shades of orange
Amber	Apricot	Brown	Burnt orange	Carrot orange	Champagne	Coral	Dark salmon	ECE/SAE Amber	Gamboge

International orange	Mahogany	Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persimmon

Pink-orange	Portland Orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Tangerine	Tenné (Tawny)	Tomato	Vermilion

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - brun
n. - brun, brunt
v. tr. - brune
v. intr. - brunes

idioms:

brown ale mørkt øl
brown nosing spytslikkeri, røvslikkeri
brown rice upolerede ris, naturris
brown sugar farin, råsukker
browned off sur, gnaven, led og ked af det

Nederlands (Dutch)
bruin, gebruind, bruine kleding, aanbraden, bruinen, iemand met bruine huidskleur

Français (French)
adj. - marron, brun, bronzé, châtain, bis (le pain), complète (farine), d'emballage (papier), (sucre) brun
n. - brun, marron, bronzé
v. tr. - bronzer, brunir, hâler, (Culin) faire dorer, faire roussir
v. intr. - roussir, brunir (qn), (Culin) dorer

idioms:

brown ale bière brune
brown nosing lèche-botte, lécher les bottes de (fam)
brown rice riz complet
brown someone off saper le moral de qn
brown sugar sucre brun
browned off en avoir marre, saturé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - braun, gebräunt
n. - Braun
v. - bräunen, anbraten

idioms:

brown ale dunkles Starkbier
brown nosing (Slang) in den Hintern Kriechen
brown rice Naturreis
brown someone off (Slang) überdrüssig
brown sugar brauner Zucker
browned off (Slang) überdrüssig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καφέ (χρώμα)
v. - τσιγαρίζω, ροδίζω, καβουρντίζω, σιγοψήνω, μαυρίζω (στον ήλιο)
adj. - καστανός, καφετής, φαιός, σκούρος, ηλιοκαμένος, (για ψωμί) μαύρο

idioms:

brown ale μαύρη μπίρα
brown nosing κολακείες, γλείψιμο
brown rice ακατέργαστο ρύζι
brown sugar καφέ ζάχαρη
browned off (καθομ.) θυμωμένος, χολωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
rosolare, bruno, abbronzato

idioms:

brown ale birra scura
brown nosing leccapiedi
brown rice riso integrale
brown sugar zucchero di canna
browned off scocciato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cor (f) marrom
v. - ficar bronzeado, assar até ficar marrom
adj. - marrom, bronzeado, moreno

idioms:

brown ale tipo (m) de cerveja inglesa
brown nosing tentar obter favor por meios desonestos
brown rice arroz (m) integral
brown sugar açúcar (m) mascavo
browned off irritado

Русский (Russian)
коричневый, бурый, темный, небеленый, поджарить, потемнеть, воронить

idioms:

brown ale коричневый эль
brown nosing подхалимаж
brown rice коричневый рис
brown sugar коричневый сахар
browned off уставший, разочарованный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bronceado, sofrito, dorado
n. - marrón, moreno
v. tr. - sofreír, dorar, broncear
v. intr. - sofreír, dorar

idioms:

brown ale tipo de cerveza negra
brown nosing persona servil, adulador
brown rice arroz integral
brown someone off estar harto, estar hasta la coronilla
brown sugar azúcar moreno
browned off estar harto, estar hasta la coronilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brunt, brun färg, flock
v. - bryna, skjuta mitt in bland, bli brun
adj. - brun

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
褐色的, 棕色的, 褐色, 使变成褐色, 变成褐色

idioms:

brown ale 黑啤酒
brown nosing 拍马屁
brown rice 糙米
brown sugar 红糖
browned off 厌烦的, 生气的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 褐色的, 棕色的
n. - 褐色
v. tr. - 使變成褐色
v. intr. - 變成褐色

idioms:

brown ale 黑啤酒
brown nosing 拍馬屁
brown rice 糙米
brown sugar 紅糖
browned off 厭煩的, 生氣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 갈색의, 볕에 탄
n. - 갈색 , 동전
v. tr. - ~을 갈색으로 하다, 볕에 타게 하다
v. intr. - 갈색이 되다, 볕에 타다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 褐色の, 茶色の, 日焼けした
n. - 褐色, 茶色の絵の具
v. - 褐色にする, 褐色になる

idioms:

brown ale ブラウンエール
brown nosing おべっかを使う
brown rice 玄米
brown sugar 赤砂糖
browned off うんざりする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اللون البني (فعل) سمر, أسمر, أعطى لونا بنيا (صفه) بني, أسمر اللون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חום, שחום‬
n. - ‮צבע חום, אדם שצבע עורו שחום‬
v. tr. - ‮הזהיב, השחים, גרם להפסקת חשמל‬
v. intr. - ‮הזהיב, השחים, השתזף‬

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v • d • e Shades of brown
Auburn	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Bronze	Brown	Buff	Raw umber	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber

Chocolate	Copper	Cordovan	Desert sand	Ecru	Fallow	Khaki	Liver	Mahogany	Ochre

Wheat	Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Taupe

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