<p>It’s the world’s most common eye color and the shade of both a beloved confection and a drink that starts the day all over the globe. Whether we find it in the clothes we wear, the animals we love, or the trees we climb, brown complements a colorful life.</p><p>Here, brown bears wait for sockeye salmon to jump at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Fish in the park sustain a sizable number of bears—up to 2,000.</p><p><em>(For more pictures of the amazing colors of our world, buy the National Geographic book </em><a href="http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=6200962&amp;code=NG25148">Life in Color</a><em>.)</em></p>

Brown Bears, Alaska

It’s the world’s most common eye color and the shade of both a beloved confection and a drink that starts the day all over the globe. Whether we find it in the clothes we wear, the animals we love, or the trees we climb, brown complements a colorful life.

Here, brown bears wait for sockeye salmon to jump at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Fish in the park sustain a sizable number of bears—up to 2,000.

(For more pictures of the amazing colors of our world, buy the National Geographic book Life in Color.)

Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic

Life in Color: Brown

The color brown is captured in compelling scenes from all over the world in this new gallery, from our Life in Color series.

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