Oddly roan, with light brown coat and dark brown tinge (7)

I believe the answer is:

caramel

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'brown tinge' is the definition.
'caramel' can be an answer for 'brown' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'tinge' bit.

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

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(Other definitions for caramel that I've seen before include "Shade" , "Chew candy" , "Sugar solution heated till brown" , "It's produced by heating sugar until brown" , "Burnt sugar used for flavouring" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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