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brownness
Variant of brown
adjective
- having the color of chocolate or coffee, a combination of red, black, and yellow
- having a naturally dark or tanned skin; dark-skinned
noun
- brown color
- brown pigment or dye
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to make or become brown, esp. by exposure to sunlight, as in tanning, or to heat, as in cooking
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