Having brown mucus in the morning what could it be?

In the last few days I have brown mucus in the morning when I clear my throat, so it's not coming from a cough but when I clear my throat I have brown mucus. Here is a picture:

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Also over the day when I clear my throat and spit out, I have a mucus that is transparent/yellow with brown particles in it. Here is a picture: https://imgur.com/a/aMg44rY I've had a lungs CT scan 5 months ago and everything was fine, I also have been having a checkup at the ENT doctor and they said everything is fine. I've been a smoker for 2 years. But what could this mucus indicate? Is that normal?