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DEEP BROWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deep brown mean? 

DEEP BROWN (noun)
  The noun DEEP BROWN has 1 sense:

1. a medium brown to dark-brown colorplay

  Familiarity information: DEEP BROWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEEP BROWN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A medium brown to dark-brown color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

burnt umber; chocolate; coffee; deep brown; umber

Hypernyms ("deep brown" is a kind of...):

brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)


 Context examples 


He wore a deep brown coat with a collar as high as his ears and tails as low as his knees.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was brown, deep brown, red-brown, an orgy of browns.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)



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