The web color called "chocolate" is displayed at left. This color is actually the color of the exterior of an unripe cocoa bean pod and is not the color of chocolate, a highly processed product, at all. The historical and traditional name for this color is cocoa brown.

The first recorded use of cocoa brown as a color name in English was in 1925.

This color may also be referred to as light chocolate.

Dogs with a dark brown coat are considered to be chocolate colored. The most common breed is the Labrador Retriever