| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| bruin | ⇆ brown; ⇆ coloured; ⇆ swart; ⇆ swarthy |
| bergbruin | ⇆ umber |
| bruinbeer | ⇆ brown bear |
| bruinbont | ⇆ skewbald |
| bruineend | ⇆ poachard |
| bruingeel | ⇆ sorrel; ⇆ filemot; ⇆ lurid; ⇆ tawny |
| bruinkapel | ⇆ brown cobra |
| bruinkool | ⇆ lignite |
| bruinmense | ⇆ coloured people |
| bruinskimmel | ⇆ bay roan; ⇆ red roan |
| bruinvis | ⇆ dolphin; ⇆ porpoise; ⇆ puffing‐pig; ⇆ sea‐hog; ⇆ sea‐pig |
| bruinvlek | ⇆ lentigo |
| donkerbruin | ⇆ bay brown; ⇆ dark bay; ⇆ dark brown; ⇆ dun; ⇆ nigger‐brown; ⇆ puce; ⇆ umber |
| karmosynbruin | ⇆ lake |
| karmynbruin | ⇆ maroon |
| kastaiingbruin | ⇆ chestnut; ⇆ nut‐brown |
| koffiebruin | ⇆ coffee‐coloured |
| ligbruin | ⇆ light bay; ⇆ drab; ⇆ hazel; ⇆ light brown |
| persbruin | ⇆ puce |
| rooibruin | ⇆ sorrel; ⇆ foxy; ⇆ maroon; ⇆ musteline; ⇆ puce; ⇆ rubiginous; ⇆ rufous; ⇆ russet; ⇆ testaceous |
| vaalbruin | ⇆ mealy bay; ⇆ drab; ⇆ dun; ⇆ fallow; ⇆ fawn; ⇆ straw‐colour |