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The tongue is brownish and has a hairy appearance due to overgrowth of normal projections (papillae), including taste buds.
(From TB Fitzpatrick, Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 3 ed, 1997, McGraw-Hill, Fig. 7-1; with permission.)