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14 Opposites of Brown

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The opposite of brown, also known as the complement of brown, is the color that has maximum contrast with brown. Generally speaking, the opposite of brown is blue or bluish-grey. The complements of brown differ greatly based on the exact color as it is common for browns to be tinted with red, yellow and greens. The following colors are optical complements of browns.
Brown
#9f8170
Grey Blue
#607e8f
Medium Brown
#7f5112
Buoyant Blue
#80aeed
Dark Brown
#552c1c
Astrid Gray
#aad3e3
Desert Sand
#edc9af
Sailor Blue
#123650
Burnt Umber
#8a3324
Pastel Turquoise
#75ccdb
Cocoa
#d2691e
Button Blue
#2d96e1
Chestnut
#954535
Dark Turquoise
#6abaca
Khaki
#c3b091
Stellar
#3c4f6e
Buff
#f0dc82
Bluebell
#0f237d
Chocolate
#7b3f00
Sail Blue
#84c0ff
Raw Umber
#826644
Cold Steel
#7d99bb
Kobicha
#6b4423
Sky Blue
#94bbdc
Taupe
#483c32
Ash Blue
#b7c3cd
Wood Brown
#c19a6B
Sleep Blue
#3e6594

Notes

It is impossible to have a bluish brown as greyish-blue is the complement of brown. Mixing two complements always results in a grey.
The complements of brown suggest that brown is essentially a reddish or orangish grey.

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