BROWN

Brown… The color of security, protection and material wealth. Brown is a serious, down-to-earth color signifying stability, structure and support.

The color brown relates to quality in everything - a comfortable home, the best food and drink and loyal companionship. It is a color of physical comfort, simplicity and quality. Here are a few facts about the color brown:

79% of people worldwide have brown eyes. About 10,000 years ago, everyone had brown eyes. It wasn’t until a genetic mutation occurred that other colors, like blue, began to appear. In general, brown eyes are the best at protecting your vision from the sun due to the extra melanin and are especially common in warm, sunny regions.
Before we had synthetic dyes to color objects, people used things found in nature. Most commonly, this included pigments from plants or stones, but a color known as mummy brown (or Egyptian brown) took a far more peculiar route. As the name implies, the color was made from ground-up mummies. The remains were often mixed with other substances as well, such as myrrh and white pitch.
Sepia ink is a rich brown pigment historically used in writing and early photography. While it was fairly common in the 18th and 19th centuries, it isn’t used nearly as much today. It comes from the ink produced by cuttlefish and some squids. These animals have ink sacs that are collected to create a reddish-brown pigment. Octopus ink can be used for a dark brown color, but it’s often closer to black.
Brown isn’t a color that appears on the visible light spectrum. The spectrum goes from violet wavelengths to red ones, including all the colors of the rainbow in between. Yet, there isn’t a wavelength that represents brown.
The Eiffel Tower is sometimes depicted as a silver structure, but the actual color of the Eiffel Tower is brown. It has gone through many color changes since it was built in 1887 (completed in 1889), but most were a type of brown. It started as “Venetian red,” then it became reddish-brown, ochre brown, yellow-brown, and eventually, a dark brown hue known as “Eiffel Tower Brown.”
Symbolism of BROWN in Different Religions and Cultures
For the Egyptians, the color brown was closely associated with the rich and fertile soil of the Nile River. The annual flooding of the river brought forth a brown silt that rejuvenated the land, allowing crops to flourish. This connection between brown and abundance shaped their perception of the color.

In Mesopotamia, brown was also linked to the earth and its life-giving properties. The fertile lands between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were known as the “Fertile Crescent,” and the brown hues of the soil represented the region’s agricultural wealth.
During the Middle Ages, brown took on religious connotations. It was closely associated with humility, poverty, and monastic life. Brown robes and garments worn by monks and nuns exemplified their renunciation of worldly pleasures and their dedication to a higher spiritual calling.
If your favorite color is BROWN
You are honest, down-to-earth and wholesome, salt of the earth people with both feet planted firmly on the ground.