Sanford's brown

English

Etymology

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Noun

Sanford's brown (uncountable)

1. A brownish-orange color.
   • 1964, Matthew Williams Stirling, Marion Stirling, The Archeology of Taboga, Urabá, and Taboguilla Islands, Panama, page 316:

     The browns are from Brown-Bay to Burnt Sienna […] , Mars Orange and Liver Brown […] , and Sanford's Brown and Hay's Russet. The only other colors used were black and white.

Related terms

• Sanford's brown lemur