what is brown and
brown. 1  a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue. 2  Offensive. a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation. 3  of the color brown. ( 4 of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color. 5  sunburned or tanned. 6  Often Offensive. 7  to make or become brown.