(mes) cheveux sont châtains/bruns
vos cheveux sont bruns - means your hair is brown.
French people in the west and east have brown hair. French people in the south and north have dirty blonde hair, orange hair, or something like that.
"marron" means brown in French. This is especially used for hair colour.
Brun or Marron marron = brown (object) brun = brown (hair, skin, eyes) châtain = brown (hair) bronzé(e) = brown / tannedmarron, brun(e)
brown hair
J'aime brune. This litteraly means you have brown hair.
Elle a les cheveux bruns.
les cheveux châtains clairs
brown is 'marron' or 'brun, brune' in French. Marron is most common, brun and brune are less frequently used: for hair colour, or for brown sugar.
cheveux frisés and then the hair colour follows afterwards. (eg. j'ai cheveux frisés bruns - i have brown curly hair/ i have curly brown hair) from kate, 13.
brown (hair) - les cheveux châtains (chestnut colour)
elle a des cheveux châtains (meaning of a light brown colour, but used only when speaking of hair)