BROWNISH-ORANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brownish-orange mean? 

• BROWNISH-ORANGE (adjective)
  The adjective BROWNISH-ORANGE has 1 sense:

1. of a light brownish color

  Familiarity information: BROWNISH-ORANGE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWNISH-ORANGE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a light brownish color

Synonyms:

brownish-orange; sorrel

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

NASA scientists have created a new recipe that captures key flavors of the brownish-orange atmosphere around Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.

(Experiments recreate aromatic flavors of Titan, NASA)

The team found large quantities of the chemical on Titan, most likely in the stratosphere — the hazy part of the atmosphere that gives this moon its brownish-orange color.

(NASA Finds Moon of Saturn Has Chemical That Could Form ‘Membranes’, NASA)

Located in Titan's stratosphere, the cloud is made of a compound of carbon and nitrogen known as dicyanoacetylene (C4N2), an ingredient in the chemical cocktail that colors the giant moon's hazy, brownish-orange atmosphere.

(Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan, NASA)