The color brown: Different ways of saying this....

Question

How many ways and in what contexts do you use brown-? like for instance

café

marrón

and moreno

I'm sorry that my answer is alittle random, I'mnot sure what language you want to know this in.. - annierats, Jan 12, 2012

If you are a male, you only need marrón. For females and painters, we have tostado, pardo, castaño, ocre, beige, caqui, moreno, café, chocolate, siena,... - cogumela, Jan 12, 2012

That is funny Cogumela. I suppose most men around the world have a very limited vocabulary when it comes to colors. :) - Nicole-B, Jan 12, 2012

I just changed the title for clarity. :) - Nicole-B, Jan 12, 2012

¡Ja, ja, ja, ja!! ¡Qué cómica, Cogu! - Gekkosan, Jan 12, 2012

Answer 1

..and when the toast is burned. El pan tostado es dorado. Como me gusta.

Don't forget the como me gusta or it might get thrown at you.

Answer 2

Café will describe an object, a garnment: unos pantalones café.

Marrón is often asociated with eyes: los ojos marrones (o negros).

Moreno is more useful to describe the color of the skin or the hair: ella es morena, tú tienes el pelo moreno.

When you're not sure you say: Me gusta el color de (tu piel, de tus ojos, de tu falda). Good luck!

Answer 3

A bay horse in Spanish is a horse ' de capa castaña' .

Coffee is coffe-coloured, suntanned people ar brown or tanned but a dark brown person has to be referred to as ' coloured' for reason's of political correctness... A brown and black dog is called ' black and tan'...

Possibly I've misunderstood your question, what do you actually want to know? - annierats, Jan 12, 2012