Brown hair

The form "brun" (pronounced /bruːn/) is still commonly used in Scotland, particularly in rural areas, and is also the word for "brown" in the Scandinavian languages.

In modern English usage, however, it has lost the diminutive meaning and usually refers to any brown-haired girl or woman, or the associated hair color.

[5] This is also true of Southern Cone of South America (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, central-southern Brazil), Colombia, Andean Region of Venezuela, Costa Rican Central Valley and Puerto Rico.

[9] Dark brown hair also may occasionally be found among Indigenous Americans and Siberians; (formerly) especially for mostly populations in Southeast Asia due to pigment changes (such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam) for example particularly when they are young, as well as in many other groups.

[10] Shades of brown hair include: In Western popular culture, a common stereotype is that brunettes are stable, serious, smart and sophisticated.

According to Allure magazine, in 2005, 76 percent of American women believed that the first female president of the United States will have brown hair.

In the French folk song "Au clair de la lune", the likable Lubin visits his brunette neighbor at Pierrot's suggestion.

In the Irish song "The Star of the County Down" the narrator falls in love with a woman with "nut-brown" hair, called Rose McCann.

The rivalry may take the form of competitive sports[13][14] or as part of a love triangle in which a blonde and a brunette woman compete for the affections of a man.