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Better Brown Than Brassy!
During my ethnic phase, I used to be partial to browns. My colour schemes usually ranged from pale beige to taupe to dark mahogany, with warm colour highlights. Of late however, I find myself leaning towards the more contemporary white/grey palette. Strange how our tastes evolve!
Here is a gallery of browns from my travels, for Ailsa’s Travel theme:
Brown in architecture
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Brown in landscape
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Brown in art
Oceanic art – Musée du Quai Branley, Paris
And design
Interior, Arts et Métiers metro stop.
Brown animals
The taste of brown
The smell of brown
Market – Bangkok, Thailand
….and its aroma!
Kullad Chai (Tea) – Agra, India
Until next time…..happy travels, no matter where life takes you 🙂
All beautiful images, love the photo Cow – Varanasi india. Must admit, I like brown which is verging on orange. Great post.
Thank you David. I like rusty browns too.
The camel image is nicely captured–many stories can be imagined. Well done.
Thank you Sally 🙂
Brown in all it hues is such a lovely color; not given enough credit I think (in comparison to the brighter hues or B&W.
Lovely photos, Madhu.
It certainly is. Thank you Angeline.
I like browns. They’re so warm and rich. I still keep my family room at home decorated in browns and cream. It feels so cozy.
I can’t seem to get away from it completely either! My clothes mostly range from cream and ecru to beige and chocolate! Even my saris, to my friends disgust, are usually cream and gold or pale olive!! They think I am boring 🙂
Great images of brown. I love how your blog covers cultures I haven’t visited.
Happy to bring them to you Pat 🙂
Dear Madhu,
You got all your bases covered in a thorough study of brown. You just need a photo of Governor Brown or maybe Farmer Brown to complete this exploration. I couldn’t pick a favorite, but am leaning toward “The smell of brown,” which tickled my fancy.
Ha ha, didn’t have any Naomi. or they would have made it to my gallery 😆
Ah, Madhu, you got all browns covered nicely!
From sepia to ochre and burnt umber to tan, all beautiful.
🙂
Thank you dear Marina. Glad you thought them beautiful 🙂
Brown is my fave color – brown and shades of green, black. I love these pictures – so rich and earthy. To me, brown is the color of quiet elegance, a self-assuredness that comes from deep contentment… like the earth itself.
A great post… but, what’s new about that? Your post compositions always impeccable. 🙂
Ah, I think i should let you write the captions for my images Meenakshi. You make everything come to life with your evocative words! Thank you dear friend for the lovely compliments 🙂
The photo of the quail made me go hungry again . Liked the brown theme. 🙂
Thank you Manu. That quail was drool worthy 🙂
Oh market places always act like a magnet to me,
one of the many fascinating things are the colors – brown too… 🙂
All the “brown” photos are very well chosen… 🙂
Thanks Ledrake 😉
The Wadi Rum colours appeal to me, Madhu, but as always it’s a beautiful gallery. 🙂
Thanks Jo.
These are quite a collection of brown. I don’t favor brown as mucha sother colors but I do like it furniture or on other people. Now, chai tea …. that’s different. ~~~ : – )
That masala chai in earthen ware cups was particularly good Isadora! As roadside stuff always is, despite the concerns over hygiene 🙂
I agree. Some of the roadside stands have good tasting foods and beverages.My sister and her husband had a roadside stand to test recipes and to save money so they could open a restaurant. They opened the restaurant and the customers followed. They’re retired now but they were great cooks of traditional Puerto Rican foods.
Clever of them! Have never tasted Puerto Rican food!
Oh, it’s yummy. The taste is always robust. The herbs and spices tell your tongue that you’ve had a meal. It isn’t spicey where you can’t taste the food. It’s more of a picnic of flavors coming out and saying ‘ Hello’. Depending on the region or how close to the water the menu will compensate for that. I hope you get to try it one day.
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a feast for all our senses dear Madhu, so many marvellous browns!
Glad you enjoyed them Christine 🙂
I lean toward the Wadi Rum and the cow in Varanasi. All lovely images of this earthy color. Right now Ron and I are surrounded by brown, barren earth. The cotton and rice fields are mostly harvested as we tour the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta, then on to the bayous of Louisiana and then home.
Thanks Lynne. Can’t wait to hear about your adventure 🙂
Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Thank YOU Ian 🙂
Lovely post, great pictures!
Ah, a namesake 🙂 Thank you very much Madhu. Do you have a blog? Couldn’t find a link on your Gravatar.
Your pictures Madhu, always have their own unique energy; its almost like I’m there with you
Delighted you think so Dallas. I wish I could get them to be a bit sharper though. I obviously don’t have very steady hands, and I have been stubbornly resisting carrying a tripod 🙂
Great brown pics, Madhu. I love the camels at Wadi Rum. 🙂
Me too. That is one of my favourite shots from Wadi Rum 😉
Nice phot essay Madhu. I love pulling this type of essay together. I think that many times readers just want some eye-candy, and this post is it. Thanks. ~James
You are right James. These garner more views than a very thoughtfully written article! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Perfectly understand your attraction to these lively colors!
Thanks Patti 🙂
Beautiful shots, Madhu!
Thank you Uday.
Mmm… Brown smells spicy! 🙂
Now why didn’t I think of spice???
A great serie! Brown is great!
Thanks Hans. I agree 🙂
Great selection of browns especially tea and the taste f brown !!!
Thanks Praveena. There is a never ending choice of browns with food isn’t there?
I love these, I still lean towards these colors. I suspect it might be my love of coffee and chocolate.
Ah yes, I am addicted to both of those too 🙂
Shades of brown do appeal to me. You’ve chosen some wonderful subjects to showcase this color.
Thanks Judy 😉
Many shades of brown in their best, Madhu – a wonderful collection!
Thanks Ese 🙂
I too am an earthy “brown” girl. Love your selections Madhu. 🙂
Thank you Luann 🙂
What a gorgeous array of browns, Madhu. I love those camels, and that Metro station is stunning. Where was the photo in your header taken? The carving on that rock is so intricate. xxx Ailsa
Thanks Ailsa. The header is from Kerak, a crusader castle in Jordan.
Of all the terrific shots, it was the simple brown tea in the plain plain cups that absolutely reached out and grabbed me. I can taste the tea —
That was from a tiny tea stall in Agra and was easily the best thing we tasted there, along with some special puris quite unlike any we had had before!
Brilliant! Awesome presentation amd very creative posting, Madhu. Your brown design looks so cool.
Ah thank you kind sir! Always nice to hear from you 🙂
Wow, we have the same colour schemes! And I love brown in combination with blue.
You know when we ladies comes up over 50 we shouldn’t wear black close to our face because the few wrinkles that we have will become even deeper – so brown and grey is to recommend. *smile – Same with mascara …
And you have nearly the same angle on the Eiffel Tower as I had on one of my favorite shots. I just love your gallery of browns and my pick of this great bunch is the two “mugs” with tea or something.
We do share a lot of things in common it seems! Hope you ‘sorry ass’ is treating you kindly Viveka! Hugs 🙂
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