Colours of painting and art
On the palette: oils, watercolour, fresco, miniature and mural.
Brown
Terracotta
A clay-based material and colour, known for its reddish-brown toneColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +4
Brown
Aniline
A colourless oil that darkens with air and launched the first synthetic dyesPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany
#704214
Sepia
A reddish-brown colour named for the ink of the cuttlefishNamed shade
#8A3324
Umber
A natural brown pigment from earth, valued for its warmth and versatility in artPigment · 🇨🇾 Cyprus +2
#3D2B1F
Bistre
A dark brown pigment and colour made from soot, once used in Old Master drawingsPigment
#E97451
Sienna
A reddish-brown earth pigment named after the city of Siena in ItalyPigment · 🇫🇷 France
#824B27
Mummy brown
A transparent brown pigment once made from ground Egyptian mummiesPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt
#664228
Van Dyck brown
A deep, earthy brown once made from German peat and soilPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany
Brown
Drab
A dull light brown named after undyed homespun wool clothNamed shade
Brown
Goethite
A yellowish to reddish brown mineral used as a pigment since ancient timesPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany +3
Brown
Iron oxide
Earthy pigments made from iron and oxygen, found in nature and used since prehistoryPigment
#D2B48C
Tan
A light brown shade named after oak bark used in leather tanningNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +1
#665D1E
Bronze
A metallic brown shade named after the bronze alloyNamed shade
Brown
Ferrihydrite
A dark brown to yellow-brown iron mineral found in soils and water depositsColour named from nature · 🇩🇪 Germany
#EDC9AF
Desert sand
A pale, reddish yellow inspired by the colour of sand in desertsNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
Brown
Haematin
A dark bluish or brownish iron pigment formed by oxidising haemPigment
#79443B
Bole
A reddish-brown pigment made from fine clay, used under gold leaf in artNamed shade · 🇦🇲 Armenia
Brown
Earth tone
A palette of colours inspired by soil, stone, and natural landscapesColour named from nature
Brown
Walnut
A brown dye and ink made from the husk of the walnut fruitColour named from nature · 🇮🇷 Iran +5
#967117
Bistre brown
A medium brown once used in ink by the Old MastersNamed shade
#DA8A67
Copper (Crayola)
A pale copper shade created for Crayola crayons in 1903Named shade
#B94E48
Deep chestnut
A reddish-brown shade once known as chestnut in Crayola crayonsNamed shade
#882D17
Kobe
A dark reddish-brown made from iron oxide pigmentNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bronze: Sardaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bistre: The original uploader was Jean-no at French Wikipedia ., Public domain, source
- Bole: Allegretto Nuzi, CC0, source
- Sienna: DanielCD~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Umber: Gixie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Desert sand: Luca Galuzzi ( Lucag ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Tan: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aniline: Smokefoot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Walnut: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mummy brown: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Drab: M0tty, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Goethite: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iron oxide: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fuzic&action=edit, Public domain, source
- Ferrihydrite: Henk Smeets – tomeikminerals.com, CC BY 4.0, source
- Terracotta: anonymous, CC0, source
- Sepia: Santiago Perdigó, Public domain, source