dark brown color

[alpacinou]

Hello.

What is another word instead of dark brown I can use to describe the color of person's eyes?

Can I use "dusky brown"? Is that strange? I mean if I say "my wife has dusky brown eyes", would people find that weird?

 

[alpacinou]

A little. What's wrong with 'dark'?

Nothing. I wanted to learn an alternative.

 

[GoesStation]

Chestnut is appealing.

 

[tedmc]

Chestnut is medium reddish brown, not exactly dark brown. For example, you describe the eye colour as dark brown, but not chestnut.

 

[Tdol]

I would lay off dusky for the reasons I gave in your other thread.

 

[Phaedrus]

What is another word instead of dark brown I can use to describe the color of person's eyes?

I recently bought a couple of dark brown chairs whose color was listed as "coffee."

I think one could speak of "coffee-colored eyes," i.e. eyes the color of coffee.

 

[Skrej]

'Molasses' if they're a very dark brown. Depending on the variety of molasses, it could be confused for black, though too.

 

[Tdol]

Google Images suggests that dark brown is the one they use.