Brain Game: Autumn Foliage

Here's hoping that you enjoy today's Brain Game word ladder. By changing one letter at a time to form new words, and leaving all other letters in their original positions, convert the word GREEN into the word BROWN in seven (or fewer) steps:

G R E E N
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B R O W N