Brown
Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color. The first recorded use of brown as a color name in English was in 1000. The Common Germanic adjective *brûnoz, *brûnâ meant both dark colors and a glistening or shining quality, whence burnish. The current meaning developed in Middle English from the 14th century.
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Famous quotes containing the word brown:
“they are brown and soft,
And liable to melt as snow.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.”
—John Brown (1800–1859)
“She does not know
Her beauty,
She thinks her brown body
Has no glory.”
—Waring Cuney (1906–1976)