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Definition of Brownish-orange
1. Adjective. Of a light brownish color.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brownish-orange
Literary usage of Brownish-orange
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"... bright brownish orange, which rapidly fades into pale yellow posteriorly ;
abdomen pale yellow, a few scattering scales, centrally, of jet black, ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1893)
"... a suffused brownish-ochreous streak along basal half of costa, attenuated and
very indistinct posteriorly ; a straight brownish-orange subdorsal streak ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1889)
"There is a row of five marginal spots also of brownish orange ; ruu- ning across
the wing from the centre of the costa is a white band about one-eighth of ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"Male:—Crown light blue, the color extending upon the nape, and slightly upon the
sides of the neck; forehead, underparts, and rump brownish-orange ; throat, ..."
5. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"Wing-coverts and secondaries blackish-brown, deeply edged with brownish-orange.
Greater quills black, edged with gamboge-yellow. Rump brownish- orange ..."
6. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1899)
"Head : face white, slightly and partially golden-tinged ; tuft on crown orange-fuscous
mixed with white in the $, brownish-orange mixed with white in the ? ..."
7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... approximately C^H^NO,; no crystalliz- able salts yet obtained; with sulphuric
acid, a yellow liquid, changing to brownish-orange and brownish-blood-red, ..."
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