How to make brown paint

Brown is a common color that we see all around us – in trees, dirt, wooden furniture, and more. But where does this earthy color come from?

What colors make dark brown

The color brown is not part of the visible light spectrum. Unlike colors like red, green, and blue, brown is created when object absorbs some colors of light and reflects others back to our eyes. In this article, we will explore how various shades of brown are formed and the interesting science behind this versatile color.

What is light and how do we see color?

To understand how brown is made, we first need to understand a bit about light.

Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum – a range of wavelengths of energy.

What colors make light brown

What colors make light brown

Red and green make brown

How to make dark brown colour by mixing two colours

What colors make black

What colors make brown with crayons

The human eye can detect wavelengths of light approximately between 380-740 nanometers. The wavelengths we see as color range from short wavelength violet light to long wavelength red light. White light, like sunlight, contains a mixture of all wavelengths of visible light.

The color we perceive an object to be depends on which wavelengths of light it absorbs and which it reflects.

For example, a leaf appears green b

how light brown colour is made

how does brown colour is made