Definition of "brownness" [brown•ness]

• The characteristic of being brown. (noun)

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• "After briefly addressing being a "brown person" who understands the difficulties of "brownness," Watts launched into a song dedicated to the upcoming "brown history week.""
• "Hers were brown, but the brownness faded and spread into peach in gaps between each finger."
• "This assumption that of all the hues of God whiteness alone is inherently and obviously better than brownness or tan leads to curious acts; even the sweeter souls of the dominant world as they discourse with me on weather, weal, and woe are continually playing above their actual words an obligato of tune and tone, saying:"