Brown vs. Khaki

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.

Khakinoun

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Khakinoun

Khaki green, a dull green colour.

Khakinoun

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

Khakinoun

(rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

Khakinoun

A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). In this sense the plural generally is khakies.

Khakinoun

Khaki clothing or uniform, commonly in the plural.

Khakiadjective

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Khakiadjective

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; - applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.

Khakinoun

Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.

Khakinoun

a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms

Khakiadjective

of a yellowish brown color

Khakinoun

a strong cotton or wool fabric of a dull brownish-yellow colour, used especially in military clothing

Khakinoun

trousers or other clothing made of khaki

Khakinoun

a dull greenish or brownish-yellow colour

Khaki

Khaki (UK: , US: ) is a color, a light shade of brown with a yellowish tinge. Khaki has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage.