So! Ms. Markham's first description of the jacket's color was: brown.
Now! Cf. this from Mr. William Arthur Smith's Dec 63 interview report
So! Ms. Markham's first description of the jacket's color was: brown.
And! Mr. Smith's description of the jacket was: light brown
Now! Cf. this from the WC testimony of Mr. Domingo Benavides:
"
he had a light-beige jacket"
The hyphen can only have been added by the stenographer: Mr. Benavides is describing two qualities of the jacket--------------it was light [i.e. not heavy] and was beige or tan in color.