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What's the difference between chestnut, brown and yellow?

Chestnut is similar to brown.

Brown: China traditional color term, the color of brown hair, that is, brown. ? Brown is often associated with land, nature and simplicity. Give people a sense of reliability and health. On the contrary, it will be considered a little dim, but this situation can be compensated by using brighter colors.

Yellow gives people a feeling of lightness, hope and vitality. Yellow is the color formed by light with the wavelength of 570-585 nm, and yellow light can be produced by mixing red light and green light. The complementary color of yellow is blue. But traditionally, painters use purple as the complementary color of yellow.

Yellow is the middle wavelength part of the visible part of electromagnetic wave, and its wavelength is about 570 ~ 585 nm. The mixture of red light and green light can produce yellow light, which is similar to the color of ripe lemon or sunflower and has a spectrum between green and orange.

The complementary color of yellow is blue.

One of the four primary colors of psychology, one of the primary colors of subtraction.

A combination of green and red. The complementary color of yellow is blue. But traditionally, painters use purple as the complementary color of yellow.