I remember when I was in grade school and my mother will buy a brown paper to write up because it was cheaper than the white one. I hate to write on it because I feel like its a dirty paper. Sometimes I used it easily and give some to my classmate who doesn't have a paper. It is common in our grade school some students cannot afford to buy school supplies. And my mother will get mad at me because she will ask if what did I do to my papers as she can't buy anymore. So the money I get from day to day, I will use half of it to buy papers. Now, I really still like writing in a white paper, I don't really seen any brown paper now in the market. So, I'm glad I am not a student anymore, but I am learning to draw so I bought a canvas paper color white because it's look more neat for me.