Sanford's brown

English

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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.
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