Brown vs. Ebony

Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.

Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros.

Of the color brown.

The wood of such a tree, especially the hard black heartwood of D. ebenum or certain other species, used in cabinetwork and inlaying and for piano keys.

Having a brownish or dark skin color.

The hard dark wood of various other trees.

Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.

The color black; ebon.

Deeply suntanned.

Made of or suggesting ebony.

To make or become brown.

Black in color.

To cook until brown.

(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

(countable) A tree that yields such wood.

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

A deep, dark black colour.

(uncountable) Black tar heroin.

A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.

A copper coin.

Made of ebony wood.

A brown horse or other animal.

A deep, dark black colour.

A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).

A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

A very dark black

A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.

Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

Having a brown colour.

Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

(obsolete) Gloomy.

Very dark black

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

(US) Latino

(of Asians) South Asian

(of East Asians) Southeast Asian

(intransitive) To become brown.

To cook something until it becomes brown.

To tan.

(transitive) To make brown or dusky.

(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

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.

To make brown or dusky.

To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.

To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.

To become brown.

An orange of low brightness and saturation

Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)

A university in Rhode Island

Fry in a pan until it changes color;

Of a color similar to that of wood or earth