deep_brown colors

Literary analysis:

In literature, "deep brown" is often employed to evoke both the tangible warmth of the natural world and the subtle character of human features. Authors use this rich hue to describe objects like weathered wood or rock—suggesting age and solidity as in descriptions of sun-burned skin [1] or deep brown walnut and teak surfaces [2, 3]—and even culinary transformations, such as syrup boiling to a deep brown [4]. At the same time, the color deep brown lends a quiet intensity to the portrayal of eyes and hair, subtly hinting at steadfastness and depth in characters [5, 6, 7]. Through these varied applications, deep brown emerges as an evocative, multifaceted hue that enriches both environmental settings and personal imagery in literary works.

They were burned to a deep brown by days in the sun, but there was also a hardness about their features that was not reassuring to Slim.
— from Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning by Graham M. Dean
On the surface the wood is a dirty deep brown red, but within, where it has not come in contact with the atmosphere, its color is much brighter.
— from The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer by Alexander (Instructor in feather dyeing) Paul
If we adopt the dark teakwood of India or the deep brown of Flanders, our color scheme again changes.
— from Color Value by C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford
( b ) Put a handful of loaf sugar to boil with ¼ pint water until the syrup becomes a deep brown.
— from Spons' Household Manual A treasury of domestic receipts and a guide for home management
With eyes deep brown and staid-- J'Y PENSE!
— from Through Night to Light: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
He was about thirty years old, with a full crown of thick brown hair and deep brown eyes.
— from The Runaway Asteroid by Michael D. Cooper
And it was on those streets that a lonely little girl with deep brown eyes and soft brown hair had dreamed of a Something Somewhere.
— from The Visioning: A Novel by Susan Glaspell

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