Brown (disambiguation)
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is a color.
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Brown
Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color....
is a color.
Brown may also refer to:
Biology:
- SatyrinaeSatyrinaeSatyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
, a subfamily of butterflies commonly called the browns - ElymniiniElymniiniThe Elymniini are one of the large tribes of the browns subfamily in the brush-footed butterfly family . Sometimes, they are elevated to subfamily status as Elymniinae.-Systematics:...
, a large tribe of Satyrinae commonly called the true browns - MelanitiniMelanitiniThe Melanitini are one of the smaller tribes of the Satyrinae in the Nymphalidae family. They contain the following genera:* Aeropetes Billberg, 1820 - sometimes placed in Satyrini...
, a small tribe of Satyrinae; includes the butterflies commonly called the evening browns - Auburn (turkey)Auburn (turkey)The Auburn, also known as the Light Brown, is a breed of domestic turkey. A heritage turkey, the Auburn is one of the rarest varieties currently in existence. It has been referenced by name in written records since the 18th century, and is named after the light reddish-brown color of its plumage...
, also commonly called the Light Brown - Seal brown (horse)Seal brown (horse)Seal brown is a hair coat color of horses characterized by a near-black body color; with black points, the mane, tail and legs; but also reddish or tan areas around the eyes, muzzle, behind the elbow and in front of the stifle...
, a hair coat color in horses
Education:
- Brown College (disambiguation)Brown College (disambiguation)Brown College may refer to:*Brown College , a technical college and career college with campuses in Mendota Heights, Minnesota and Brooklyn Center, Minnesota*Brown College , a residential college at Rice University...
, several colleges - Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, American Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island
Places:
- Brown (crater)Brown (crater)Brown is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeast part of the Moon, to the southwest of the prominent ray crater Tycho. Northwest of Brown is the crater Wilhelm, and to the west is Montanari....
, lunar crater - Brown, CaliforniaBrown, CaliforniaBrown is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad north-northwest of Inyokern, at an elevation of 2392 feet ....
, community in Kern County - Brown County (disambiguation), several counties in the United States
- Brown Township (disambiguation), several townships in the United States
Other:
- Brown (surname)Brown (surname)Brown is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of several other surnames, such as the German Braun. Among the earliest recorded Browns is John Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1312. Brown is one of the most...
, a common surname- Gordon BrownGordon BrownJames Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - List of people with surname Brown
- Gordon Brown
- Brown (Middlesex cricketer), English cricketer
- Brown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which...
, landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court - United Parcel ServiceUnited Parcel ServiceUnited Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
(UPS), nickname originating from the color of its delivery trucks and uniforms - Brown (P.O.D. album)
- Brown (Grotus album)Brown (Grotus album)-Personnel:*Bruce Boyd - Live Drums*Dave Bryson - Engineering *John Carson - Bass, Sampling*Lars Fox - Vocals, Sampling*John Golden - Mastering*Mark Henry - Drums Programming, Sequencing *Eric Holland - Producer, Engineering...
- Brown peopleBrown peopleBrown people or brown race is a political, racial, ethnic, societal, and cultural classification, similar to black people and white people. Like these, it is a metaphor for race based on human skin color, reflecting the fact that there are shades of skin colour intermediate between "Mediterranean" ...
, people thought of as being brown-skinned - Brown CompanyBrown CompanyThe Brown Company was a pulp and papermaking company based in Berlin, New Hampshire. They closed their doors after World War II.-History:The company began as a large sawmill at the head of Berlin Falls in 1852 as the H. Winslow Company, then later changed its name to the Berlin Mills Company....
, defunct American pulp and paper-making company
See also
- Braun (disambiguation), surname
- BrowneBrowneBrowne is a surname from the French le Brun which becomes de Brun in Gaelic in Ireland or a variant of the English surname Brown . The Mac an Bhreithamhnaigh clan of Co...
, surname - Brownie (disambiguation)
- Browns (disambiguation)Browns (disambiguation)-Places:* Browns, Alabama, an unincorporated community in the United States* Browns, Illinois, a village in the United States* Browns, New Zealand, a village in New Zealand's Southland Region* Brown College at Monroe Hill, a UVA residential college-Sports:...
- Brown-brownBrown-brownBrown-brown is a form of powdered cocaine mixed with smokeless gunpowder . Smokeless powder often contains nitroglycerine, a drug prescribed for heart conditions, which may help combat the negative cardiac side-effects of cocaine. Also it may refer to heroin...
, a form of powdered cocaine