🟫 Yellow-brown color 🟫 A brown shade

caramel brown

1 2.8

A medium yellow-brown color like caramel

adjective

: marrón caramelo

She chose a caramel brown paint for her living room walls, creating a warm atmosphere.

Examples

I love the caramel brown of this new sofa.
The horse's coat was a striking caramel brown with a glossy sheen under the sunlight.
He wore a caramel brown jacket that matched perfectly with his autumn wardrobe.
The walls were painted in a warm caramel brown.
The artist chose a caramel brown for the wooden table to give it a warm, inviting look.
She wore a dress in a caramel brown color that perfectly complemented her skin tone.
The leaves turned a beautiful caramel brown in the autumn sunlight.

Synonyms

brown

vscaramel brown

834 1.0

Having a medium to dark color like wood or tanned skin

is a specific moderate yellow tone rather than broad dark tones

golden

vscaramel brown

205 1.0

Having a warm yellow color like gold

is less warm and more evenly moderate

brownish

vscaramel brown

12 1.0

A colour that is a little brown

is a precise moderate yellow brown rather than a vague brown shade

tan

vscaramel brown

11 1.0

A light brown colour like leather

is a more saturated moderate yellow brown rather than a pale brown

caramel

vscaramel brown

3 2.4

A warm light brown color like cooked sugar

is the specific moderate yellow brown shade rather than a different name

honey-colored

vscaramel brown

3 2.8

A color that is yellowish brown like honey

is a moderate yellow brown without the brighter golden warmth

yellowish brown

vscaramel brown

1 2.8

A medium to dark brown with a little yellow in it

is lighter and more visibly yellow brown rather than darker brown with tint

yellow-brown

vscaramel brown

1 2.0

A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves

is a moderate yellow brown with less darkness than this tone

buff-colored

vscaramel brown

1 5.7

A pale yellow-brown color like light leather

is richer and more saturated than this pale tawny shade

brownish-yellow

vscaramel brown

1 3.2

A color between brown and yellow

leans toward a balanced moderate yellow brown rather than a general blend

tawny-brown

vscaramel brown

1 4.2

A light brown color like tanned leather

is steadier yellow brown instead of leaning toward orange warmth

nutbrown

vscaramel brown

1 4.5

A warm brown color like the shell of a nut

is less deep and more yellow balanced than this rich warm brown

brownish yellow

vscaramel brown

1 2.3

A yellow color with a little brown that looks warm and dull

is a more evenly mixed yellow and brown rather than strongly yellow

buff-brown

vscaramel brown

1 4.6

A light brown color with a little yellow

is a clearer moderate yellow brown rather than chiefly brown with tinge

soft ochre hue

vscaramel brown

4.4

A light warm yellow-brown color like soft sand

is deeper and more moderate rather than light and gentle

chukker-brown

vscaramel brown

Archaic

9.9

A grey to yellowish brown color like old leather

is clearer yellow brown without the greyed or snuff muted quality

How Brown

dark-brown

29 1.0

brown

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caramel brown

1 2.8

light brown

23 1.0

beige

17 1.0

Surface Forms

caramel brown positive

Morphology

caramel + brown

The phrase denotes a shade of brown described by the familiar noun 'caramel' modifying 'brown', so its meaning (a brown color like caramel) is directly derivable from the constituents. This modifier+color composition is a transparent, cross-linguistic descriptive pattern in English and would be understood by a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Caramel brown comes from the warm, golden brown color of cooked sugar called caramel, so the adjective describes something that has that 'warm brown' shade.