# brown (color)

a color that is the result of red, green, and blue colors interacting

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: general

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [red](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-red.color), [green](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-green.color), [blue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-blue.color), [color](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-color.visual), [interacting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interacting.social), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [results](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-results.outcome)

**Through:** red, green, and blue colors interact

**Novel properties:**
- composite hue perception
- non-spectral color origin
- balanced wavelength absorption

## Examples
- The color brown appears in Adobe RGB when red (165), green (42), and blue (42) values combine on a calibrated monitor. *(computing)*
- Soil in the Amazon rainforest reflects brown due to organic matter altering the interaction of sunlight with iron oxides. *(geology)*
- The 1933 Century of Progress Exposition used brown lighting effects by filtering red, green, and blue projectors through diffused glass. *(engineering)*

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