I’d call her hair chestnut rather than brown.

[diamondcutter]

I’d call her hair chestnut rather than brown.

Practical English Usage, M.Swan

This is a sample sentence from the book above. I’d like to know if this sentence just means this:

I’d call her hair chestnut, not brown.

 

[Tdol]

Yes, though it's hard to see chestnut as no kind of brown to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I agree that it's a shade of brown but I do think that using "chestnut" conjures up a more shiny reddish shade than just plain brown.

 

[Yankee]

I’d call her hair chestnut rather than brown.

Practical English Usage, M.Swan

This is a sample sentence from the book above. I’d like to know if this sentence just means this:

I’d call her hair chestnut, not brown. Yes, but I can't actually picture "chestnut".

Y.