Brown vs. Dusky — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brown and Dusky
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Brown
Brown is a composite color. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is made by combining red, black, and yellow, or red, yellow, and blue.
Dusky
Dusky is an English electronic music duo from London consisting of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman. Formed in 2011, they have released music on various records labels, before setting up their own label 17 Steps in July 2014 with the release of the Love Taking Over EP.Before the formation of Dusky, the duo made music under the name of Solarity.
Brown
Of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil
She had warm brown eyes
An old brown coat
Dusky
Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy.
Brown
Dark-skinned or suntanned
His face was brown from the sun
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Dusky
Rather dark in color
Dusky blue.
Brown
Brown colour or pigment
The brown of his eyes
The print is rich with velvety browns
A pair of boots in brown
Dusky
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
Brown
A brown thing, in particular the brown ball in snooker.
Dusky
Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
Brown
A satyrid butterfly, which typically has brown wings with small eyespots.
Dusky
Dark-skinned.
Brown
Another term for coloured (sense 2 of the noun)
Dusky
Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.
The patient was in shock and had a dusky skin tone.
Brown
Make or become brown, typically by cooking
Grill the pizza until the cheese has browned
A skillet in which food has been browned
Dusky
A dusky shark.
Brown
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.
Dusky
A dusky dolphin.
Brown
Of the color brown.
Dusky
A dusky grouse.
Brown
Having a brownish or dark skin color.
Dusky
Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.
Through dusky lane and wrangling mart.
Brown
Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.
Dusky
Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.
When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky.
The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur.
Brown
Deeply suntanned.
Dusky
Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect.
Brown
To make or become brown.
Dusky
Intellectually clouded.
Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology.
Brown
To cook until brown.
Dusky
Lighted by or as if by twilight;
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
The twilight glow of the sky
A boat on a twilit river
Brown
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
Dusky
Naturally having skin of a dark color;
A dark-skinned beauty
Gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
A smile on his swarthy face
`swart' is archaic
Brown
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
Brown
(uncountable) Black tar heroin.
Brown
A copper coin.
Brown
A brown horse or other animal.
Brown
A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
Brown
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
Brown
(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
Brown
(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
Brown
A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
Brown
Having a brown colour.
Brown
(obsolete) Gloomy.
Brown
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Brown
(US) Latino
Brown
(of Asians) South Asian
Brown
(of East Asians) Southeast Asian
Brown
(intransitive) To become brown.
Fry the onions until they brown.
Brown
To cook something until it becomes brown.
Brown
To tan.
Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
Brown
(transitive) To make brown or dusky.
Brown
(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
Brown
To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
The browning of America
Brown
Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
Cheeks brown as the oak leaves.
Brown
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.
Brown
To make brown or dusky.
A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
Brown
To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
Brown
To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
Brown
To become brown.
Brown
An orange of low brightness and saturation
Brown
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
Brown
Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
Brown
A university in Rhode Island
Brown
Fry in a pan until it changes color;
Brown the meat in the pan
Brown
Of a color similar to that of wood or earth
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