Maomao color: Maomao brown
Maomao, the apothecary heroine of The Apothecary Diaries, is usually drawn with muted reddish-brown hair — studied around #7A544A — pinned up with a kanzashi and set off by painted freckles. Its approximate study hex value is #7A544A (RGB 122, 84, 74; HSB 12°, 39%, 48%).
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color: #7A544A;Maomao brown palette
Tints, shades, and the complementary color — useful for color study and for matching Maomao's shade in the game.
Why this shade?
A low-saturation, earthy brown keeps the sharp-witted herbalist looking plain and unassuming, fitting her disguise in the imperial rear palace.
How this value is sourced: Color values are study approximations sampled from official character art and corroborated against widely-cited community color references, then expressed as the nearest standard hex value.
Color values are approximate study values. Toon Tone is an unaffiliated fan project; Maomao and The Apothecary Diaries are the property of their respective owners.
About Maomao's color
What color is Maomao?
Maomao, the apothecary heroine of The Apothecary Diaries, is usually drawn with muted reddish-brown hair — studied around #7A544A — pinned up with a kanzashi and set off by painted freckles. Its approximate study hex value is #7A544A (RGB 122, 84, 74; HSB 12°, 39%, 48%).
What is the hex code for Maomao?
Maomao is commonly studied as #7A544A — a maomao brown shade with RGB (122, 84, 74) and HSB (12°, 39%, 48%).
Why is Maomao red?
A low-saturation, earthy brown keeps the sharp-witted herbalist looking plain and unassuming, fitting her disguise in the imperial rear palace.
When did Maomao first appear?
Maomao first appeared in 2014, in The Apothecary Diaries.







