There is no one shade of brown. Brown is the colour of nature itself. See the different hues of brown in this rough stone terrace that supports one of the arterial roads into the central part of the town where I live:
Brown does not have to be dull. A golden retriever playing ball on the Hout Bay beach is a shade of brown:
The trunks of trees are varying shades of brown – this is the bark of an Erythrina caffra in my back garden:
The Urban Herd sports a variety of brown patterns, such as this spotted cow grazing on the industrial road that bypasses my town:
Then there is the timeless translucent brown of the Pears soap, which was always my father’s favourite:
The brown of this freshwater crab helps it to blend in with the natural brown of the grass and the rock at the side of the road:
Something Over Tea 