a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.

a person whose skin has a dusky or light-brown pigmentation.

of the color brown.

(of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color.

sunburned or tanned.

(of persons) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color.

to make or become brown.

to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking

to brown onions before adding them to the stew. The potatoes browned in the pan.

brown out, to subject to a brownout

The power failure browned out the southern half of the state.

browned off

Slang . angry; fed up.

do it up brown

Informal . to do thoroughly

When they entertain, they really do it up brown.

adjective

amber , auburn , bay , beige , bister , brick , bronze , buff , burnt sienna , chestnut , chocolate , cinnamon , cocoa , coffee , copper , drab , dust , ecru , fawn , ginger , hazel , henna , khaki , mahogany , nut , ochre , puce , russet , rust , sepia , snuff-colored , sorrel , tan , tawny , terra-cotta , toast , umber , brunette , cordovan , dun , dusky , fulvous , swarthy