brown

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The film follows an English family between the world wars and emphasizes the dull shabbiness of the setting’s middle-class life, the house and costumes coming in every shade of brown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

His unruly brown hair is beginning to gray and the stocky build he had as a player has filled out a bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

And despite owning a pair of his own, brown Oxfords that he keeps under his desk at work, he didn’t seem taken with the president’s taste either.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

There, I was served edible “leaves” on a bed of dead, brown leaves.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Celia tucks a strand of her wavy light brown hair behind one ear and sighs.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison