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Where did the colour name "mission brown" originate from?
It's a common colour from the 1970's, especially on houses (fly screens, window frames etc)
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- LunaLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I can't say for sure, but I'll take a wild guess and say it came from the old Spanish-influence missions found in the south/southwest that were made from brown adobe bricks.
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