[texas_mrs]

If I leave the grass clippings in the sun to totally dry until yellow before adding to the pile, do you think they count as a brown? I have tons of clippings and not many sources for leaves, etc.

[Red_Devil 232]

Yep! The same with grass clippings. After cutting let them brown up and you got browns.

[LearsFool]

I have tons of clippings and not many sources for leaves, etc.

Shredded paper is a "brown", I believe. Newspaper is good, so long as the ink is okay. (My local paper uses soy ink, which is fine.) Also sawdust, straw, etc.

I have the opposite problem as you, since I live in dry North Texas and have a small, brownish lawn. I get loads of leaves from friends every winter, and in the spring blend them with whatever greens I can get. (This spring was great for a while, and my compost heap hit 160 degrees for the first time.)