Brown vs. Dusky

Brownnoun

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

Brownnoun

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Brownnoun

(uncountable) Black tar heroin.

Brownnoun

A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

Brownadjective

Having a brown colour.

Brownadjective

(obsolete) Gloomy.

Brownadjective

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

Brownverb

(intransitive) To become brown.

Brownverb

To cook something until it becomes brown.

Brownverb

To tan.

Brownverb

(transitive) To make brown or dusky.

Brownverb

(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

Brownverb

To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Brownadjective

Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

Brownnoun

A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

Brownverb

To make brown or dusky.

Brownverb

To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.

Brownverb

To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.

Brownverb

To become brown.

Brownnoun

an orange of low brightness and saturation

Brownnoun

Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

Brownnoun

abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)

Brownnoun

a university in Rhode Island

Brownverb

fry in a pan until it changes color;

Brownadjective

of a color similar to that of wood or earth

Brownadjective

of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil

Brownadjective

(of bread) light brown in colour and typically made with unbleached or unrefined wholemeal flour

Brownadjective

dark-skinned or suntanned

Brownadjective

relating or belonging to a human group characterized as having relatively dark-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of ancestry other than European or African)

Brownadjective

another term for coloured (sense 3 of the adjective)

Brownnoun

brown colour or pigment

Brownnoun

brown clothes or material

Brownnoun

a brown thing, in particular the brown ball in snooker.

Brownnoun

a satyrid butterfly, which typically has brown wings with small eyespots.

Brownnoun

another term for coloured (sense 2 of the noun)

Brownverb

make or become brown, typically by cooking

Brown

Brown is a composite color. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is made by combining red, black, and yellow, or red, yellow, and blue.

Duskyadjective

Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

Duskyadjective

Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

Duskyadjective

Dark-skinned.

Duskyadjective

Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

Duskynoun

A dusky shark.

Duskynoun

A dusky dolphin.

Duskyadjective

Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.

Duskyadjective

Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.

Duskyadjective

Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

Duskyadjective

Intellectually clouded.

Duskyadjective

lighted by or as if by twilight;

Duskyadjective

naturally having skin of a dark color;

Dusky

Dusky is an English electronic music duo from London consisting of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman. Formed in 2011, they have released music on various records labels, before setting up their own label 17 Steps in July 2014 with the release of the Love Taking Over EP.Before the formation of Dusky, the duo made music under the name of Solarity.