brown
棕 · 12 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 椶.
色 · 6 strokes
Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.