Brandy may not be as popular today as it was before the rise of Transatlantic trade, but it still reserves a spot in history as a rich, highly concentrated spirit that’s best served warm on a cold night. Brandy brown is a little bit brighter than the dark hue of its liquid namesake, but it captures some of that same wintery warmth and cheer.

It’s also often heated to a very high temperature to burn off the moisture and make it even easier to work with. Henna is one of the oldest dyes in the world. It has been used since antiquity throughout India, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Africa to color clothing, dye hair, and create beautifully intricate designs on the skin. Burnt Henna captures the vibrant red-brown color of this ancient dye that’s still being used today. Zhong GC, Hu TY, Yang PF, et al. Chocolate Consumption and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in a U.S. Population: A Post Hoc Analysis of the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial. Aging. July 31, 2021.

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Wheat is a light shade of brown that can also be classified as a white. It is similar in color to bisque, but a little darker and warmer. It is more peach in tone than the kernels of the wheat plant. Mahogany is a deep, rich shade of medium brown with a warm, reddish tone. It is similar to cinnamon, but darker and warmer.

Russet is a dark shade of brown with similarities to saddle brown, but a little darker and cooler. Russet also has a little hint of a red undertone.Chocolate contains caffeine, thanks to the caffeine that occurs naturally in cocoa beans. While chocolate offers significantly less caffeine than the 80–100 milligrams (mg) in an average 8 oz cup of coffee, it will nonetheless increase your daily caffeine intake. A 1.5 oz portion of milk chocolate may have about 10 mg of caffeine, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Dark chocolate, because of its higher cocoa bean content, has more caffeine, with 25 mg in a 1.4 oz portion.

Obviously, fog on its own is usually a misty gray or white color. However, if you’ve ever been out in the fog when the sun rises or sets, you’ve probably seen the color represented here as Golden Fog. This shade takes its name from the moment when the sun’s rays turn a fog bank from a dismal gray to a brilliant shade of gold.As the name might suggest, the main ingredient in buttercream icing is just plain old butter. While buttercream icing can be dyed or tinted to take on just about any color imaginable, its purest form tends to be this pale yellowy brown color as a result of the butter and sugar mixture. Cashmere is a type of wool made specifically from the hair of certain breeds of goat, instead of sheep. It’s long been treasured for its soft, almost silk-like qualities, as well as for its lightweight insulating properties. While cashmere can be dyed into many colors, its “default” color is a light creamy brown, as seen in Cashmere brown’s overall tone.

You may not think of brown as a very exciting color. After all, it’s the color of dirt, right? But when you startexploring the vast spectrum of brown shades available, you may be surprised by the variety of rich and vibrant hues out there. From cool to warm browns, and from light to dark, there is a favorite shade of brown out there for everyone. Here’s a long list of all the brown colors you can think of, including their names, Hex, RGB, and CMYK codes. AlmondWe’ve already seen a couple variations on the beige color family, but French Beige is named for its relative popularity in France. The first reference to “French Beige” as a color name appears in the late 1920s, when French fashion and culture were beginning to dominate the world conversation. Maerz & Paul, p. 201; Color Sample of Peruvian Brown: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample L11—The color Peru shown above matches the color sample in the book Technically speaking, chai is just the Hindi word for tea. However, a lot of countries around the world use the word chai to refer to masala chai, a blend of tea and spices with a sharp, warming flavor that’s often sweetened and mixed with milk. The end result is a drink that looks an awful lot like Chai brown. Once again, it’s not exactly news that a bird’s feathers can be found in just about every color imaginable. Feather Brown, however, is the faded brown shade of the swan or goose feather quills that were used as writing implements prior to the invention and immediate popularity of the pen.