21 Jewels in This Year’s Most Desirable Color—Brown!

Does anyone else make big home decor plans at the start of the year? Those resolutions to exercise more and eat better (new year, new me) aren’t enough—I have to change my surroundings, too.

Blame it on cabin fever—I don’t want anything to do with weather below 40 degrees—or the endless retail blasts touting new home design for 2025. Or perhaps it’s simply that trying to embrace change is a comforting way to approach a new year, one filled with both unknowns and things to look forward to.

Regardless, for the past week I’ve been staring in disgust at the walls of my living room—ugh, these boring walls!—and making plans to repaint them in a color that, thanks to recent interest, feels fresh and cool: brown.

What’s old is certainly new again, as a color that not long ago might have seemed dated (remember the brown wood paneling of the ’60s and ’70s?) all of a sudden feels like a revelation. How chic and cozy and completely different from the last decade—our entire home was painted gray when we moved in. Glum!

If you’re thinking, “This is an awful lot of interior design talk for a jewelry blog, Britt,” bear with me, I have a point. It’s brown! I have such a renewed interest in brown that I want all the good stuff in chocolate, bronze, chestnut, and and taupe (ironically, I’m not all that warmed by Pantone’s Mocha Mousse). In jewelry terms, please bring on all the smoky quartz, tiger’s eye, and brown diamonds, zircons, and other gems out there (jewels could also get their brown color from material like wood, leather, ceramic, or enamel).

For those, like me, who find themselves reinvigorated with visions of such earthy hues, here are some of the latest brown jewels to the market.

Ring in 10k yellow gold with 5.3 ct. bronze sapphire, $3,000; Stone Everett

Ceramic link bracelet in sterling silver, $600; Lagos

Tusker pendant in 18k rose gold with tiger’s eye and diamonds, $3,590; Tryyst

Mariner huggie earrings in 18k yellow gold with tiger’s eye and diamonds, $3,800; Jenna Blake

Forme choker in 18k yellow gold with 4.07 ct. brown diamond and 0.4 ct. t.w. diamonds, $53,130; Jemma Wynne

Scatter crown V-shape ring in yellow gold with champagne diamonds, £5,495 ($6,710); Ellis Mhairi Cameron

Bracelet in wood with plum and rubellite tourmaline, price on request; Freestone Peach

Necklace in 18k yellow gold with dark chestnut diamond, $2,500; Amáli

Alara Tigerlily earrings in 18k yellow gold with tiger’s eye, 0.35 ct. t.w. rubies, and 0.15 ct. t.w. diamonds, $2,900; State Property

Coral pendant in sterling silver with smoky quartz, $840; Dorian Webb

Intaglio ring in 14k yellow gold with smoky quartz, $1,280; Ashley Zhang

Scapular pendant in 18k yellow gold with ebony and cabochon emerald, $7,580; Marie Lichtenberg

Luna stud earrings in 18k yellow gold with tiger’s eye and diamonds, $2,600; Wyld Box

Evil Eye necklace in 18k yellow gold with 1.2 ct. smoky topaz and 0.04 ct. t.w. diamonds, $6,250; Harwell Godfrey

Freeform tiger’s eye ring in 14k yellow gold, $1,800; Jacquie Aiche

One-of-a-kind necklace in 18k yellow gold with Yowah opal and sandalwood beads, $17,600; Guita M

North Star earrings in 18k yellow gold with 3.78 cts. t.w. black star sapphires and 0.2 ct. t.w. diamonds, $4,200; Meluzza

Ring in 18k yellow gold with 34.32 ct. rutilated quartz cabochon, $6,690; Karin Jamieson

Ring in 14k yellow gold with carved walnut and diamonds, $3,279; CCWW Designs

Speed of Light ring in 18k yellow gold with brown tourmaline, $4,800; Future Fortune