chestnut-brown
- adjective
- /ˈʧɛstnʌt braʊn/
- At twenty-nine, Katherine was a beautiful woman with silky chestnut-brown hair and a big wide smile.
- chestnut-brown hair
Examples
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Her hair, shadowed, seemed its original rich chestnut brown, and for a moment Berthe felt as if she were gazing at a portrait of herself much younger.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her hair was thick and chestnut brown; her skin was golden.
Fiction book (1996) -
Gwen has chestnut-brown hair.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her hair was chestnut brown, swept back from her forehead and falling in frondy curls to her shoulders.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her hair was thick and chestnut-brown, glimmering in the sunlight.
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Ms. Nichol has beautiful, curly, chestnut brown hair that shines with gold highlights in the sun.
Synonyms
A warm red-brown color often used to describe hair
Having a deep reddish-brown color
A brown color with a hint of red
A brown color with a touch of red
A warm reddish brown like the coat of some horses
A brown color with a slight red tint
A reddish-brown color like the fur of some dogs
A color like brown mixed with red
A warm reddish brown colour like a nut
A deep brown color with a red tint like dark wood
A brown color with a red-orange tone
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Etymology
The word chestnut-brown comes from the nut called chestnut, which has a shiny shell of a warm 'red-brown' color, and the simple word brown that names that color. So chestnut-brown means a warm, 'red-brown' shade like the color of chestnut shells, often used for hair or feathers.