Brown (from “ cinnamon ”, diminutive from “ bark ”, that is, “cinnamon color”) is not a spectral color , not included in the palette of primary colors . It is obtained by mixing green and red dyes or pigments , as well as orange with gray or blue , yellow and purple . This results in significantly different shades of brown . In the natural environment, brown is obtained in the process of thickening yellow fluids, such as bile.
| Brown | |
|---|---|
| Hex | 964B00 |
| RGB ¹ ( r , g , b ) | (150, 75, 0) |
| CMYK ( c , m , y , k ) | (0, 50, 100, 41) |
| HSV ² ( h , s , v ) | (30 °, 100%, 59%) |
| On a light background | Against a dark background |
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Shades, Dyes, and Pigments
Artistic Pigments
- Bistre
- Brown land
- Sepia
- Sienna
- Umber
Shades
- Beige - yellowish or grayish light brown.
- Bistre - thick brown, brown, from the " bistre " - a transparent brown paint from wood soot mixed with vegetable glue dissolved in water; used by European artists of the XV — XVIII centuries. for drawing with a pen and a brush.
- Bismarck-furioso (the color of the enraged Bismarck) is brown with a red tint.
- Bronze - golden brown, dark yellow with shine, bronze and tan.
- Brown - a reddish or complex dark shade of brown.
- Loving giraffe (or giraffe's belly) - a combination of light brown and yellow with a reddish tinge.
- Head of a Negro - from the 18th century
- Burnt coffee, burnt bread - a complex shade of brown.
- Giraffe - yellow brown.
- Camelopard - yellowish brown, the color of hot chocolate.
- Chestnut - a brownish shade of red, the color of chestnut fruits.
- Forest chestnuts - dark brown with a reddish tint.
- Hazel - brown, chestnut.
- Coffee - dark pale brown, coffee color.
- Carmelite, capuchin - a pure, not mixed with anything, shade of brown.
- Brick - dirty red.
- Lavalier is yellowish light brown.
- Fallow deer is tawny.
- Dreamy fleas, flea belly, flea back, flea, flea in love, pyusovy - dark brown.
- Orelduras, “bear's eye” - dark brown with a reddish tinge.
- The color of ocher .
- Parisian mud is a dirty brown color. Appeared after the essays by Louis-Sebastian Mercier, "Pictures of Paris."
- Wheat - a very light brown color, pale beige.
- Rusty - dark, rich red-orange.
- Savoyarsky - red-brown gamma with a golden tint.
- Tobacco - yellow brown.
- Maroon - red-brown, brown-raspberry.
- Auburn - dark reddish brown.
- Light brown - light brown, light brown, medium between black and blond.
- Khaki - green-brown.
- Chocolate - brown with yellowness.
- Chamois - light brown, dark cream color.
- Ecru - pale gray-yellow or light gray-yellow-brown, the color of unbleached silk or linen .
- Yuftevy - yellowish-light brown.
Brown in nature
- A widespread color is the color of soil, animal hair, well-brewed tea, chocolate, tree bark , fallen leaves, clay .
- The color of the hair and hair of animals is determined by the presence of several close compounds - melanins . A person with a hair color matching any shade of brown is called brown .
Hazelnut
Bay horse
Cupboard
Brown bear
In Culture
The brown color, a common color of the bark of trees, soil and fallen leaves, symbolizes mundane and fertility.
By association, it often means earthliness or solidity, stability and stability. The characteristic calm softness of brown is often contrasted with “unstable” - bright, “noisy”, spectral or shocking colors. Therefore, brown, along with black , gray and dark blue, for many years dominated clothing for the rich.
Historical Associations
- “Brownshirts” ( German pl. Braunhemden ) is an unofficial name for the National Socialist movement in Germany, the color of the shirts of the SA stormtroopers . Hence the expression "brown plague" with reference to Nazism; The “browns” are the Nazis.
In the literature
- “ Brown Morning ” is an anti-fascist novel by the French writer Frank Pavloff , which tells about the state in which brown began to dominate, and the use of others became a crime.
Links
- Russian color. M.: Publishing House "Economic Newspaper", 2012. ISBN 978-5-4319-0030-3