Warm, earthy film recipes with brown and tan tones
Brown tones sit at the warm, earthy end of the spectrum — think toffee, hazelnut, raw sienna, dark chocolate. These recipes suit autumn photography, coffee shop interiors, old buildings and anywhere the palette already leans towards the rich and natural.
They overlap with the warm tones and nostalgic categories, but go further in pulling the colour balance into specifically brown territory, often using strong red and reduced blue shifts alongside a lifted shadow base.
These recipes are drawn from both the site and the Film Recipes App, ordered first by how closely each recipe was designed to capture the brown tones character — from direct interpretations through to inspired-by looks — and then by popularity within each group. App-only recipes are included and marked 🔒.
Brown & Earthy Tones Film Simulation Recipes
This list shows 100 brown tones recipes from the site and app combined. All 200 — including those not shown here — are available in the Film Recipes App for iOS and Android.