Brown
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Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing and painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black.[2][3][4]
Brown | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #964B00 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (150, 75, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (30°, 100%, 59%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (40, 72, 31°) |
Source | ColorXS[1] |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
In the RGB color model used to project colors onto television screens and computer monitors, brown combines red and green. The color brown is seen widely in nature, wood, soil, human hair color, eye color and skin pigmentation. Brown is the color of dark wood or rich soil.[5]
According to public opinion surveys in Europe and the United States, brown is the least favorite color of the public; it is often associated with plainness, the rustic, feces, and poverty,[6] although it does also have positive associations, including baking, warmth, wildlife, the autumn and music.