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by BenFrantzDale 2907 days ago
Yes and no. Brown is just dark orange, which you can sort of get by mixing red and green paints. Paint mixing is weird, though. (I’ve written paint-matching software professionally.)
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Sorta, except when dark orange is dark orange and not brown. Your brain will decide between them based on context. The shaded half of a (fruit) orange may well have the same spectrum as the lighted tree trunk it's hanging on, but you will see two different colors.