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Desert sand (color)

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Light reddish-yellow color

Desert Sand

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EDC9AF
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(237, 201, 175)
HSV (h,s,v)	(25°, 26%, 93%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(83, 34, 44°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale orange yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Desert sand is a very light and very weakly saturated reddish yellow colour which corresponds specifically to the coloration ofsand. It may also be regarded as a deep tone ofbeige.

Desert sand was used by General Motors, along with "rosewood", as a paint color for their early Cadillacs.

In 1998,desert sand was made into aCrayola crayon colour.^[1]^[2]

The color shown matches the palest of the three colors in the 3-colorDesert Camouflage Uniform ofUnited States Armed Forces, which in 1990 began to replace the 6-colorDesert Battle Dress Uniform.

Six Color Variations of Desert Sand

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Sandy brown

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Main article:Sandy brown (color)

Sandy Brown

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F4A460
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(244, 164, 96)
HSV (h,s,v)	(28°, 61%, 96%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(74, 81, 40°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

As its name suggests,sandy brown is a shade ofbrown which is similar to the color of some sands.

Earth yellow

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Earth Yellow

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E1A95F
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(225, 169, 95)
HSV (h,s,v)	(34°, 58%, 88%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(73, 68, 51°)
Source	xs4all.nl^[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of theUnited States Army.^[4]^[5]

Sand

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Sand

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C2B280
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(194, 178, 128)
HSV (h,s,v)	(45°, 34%, 76%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(73, 39, 71°)
Source	ISCC-NBS^[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Sand is acolor that resembles the color ofbeach sand. In fact, another name for this color isbeach,^[7] an alternate color name in use for this color since 1923.^[8]

The first recorded use ofsand as a color name inEnglish was in 1627.^[9]

Thenormalized color coordinates for sand are identical toecru, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1836.^[10]

TheSan Diego Padres ofMajor League Baseball currently use Sand as one of their team colors.

Desert

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Desert

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C19A6B
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(193, 154, 107)
HSV (h,s,v)	(33°, 45%, 76%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(66, 47, 52°)
Source	ISCC-NBS^[11]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Desert is acolor that resembles the color of the flat areas of adesert.

The first recorded use ofdesert as a color name inEnglish was in 1920.^[12]

Thenormalized color coordinates for desert are identical tofallow,wood brown andcamel, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1000,^[13] 1886,^[14]^[a] and 1916,^[16] respectively.

Sand dune (Drab)

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Sand Dune

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#967117
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(150, 113, 23)
HSV (h,s,v)	(43°, 85%, 59%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(50, 58, 58°)
Source	ISCC-NBS^[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Sand dune is acolor that resembles the color of asand dune composed of dark colored sand.

The first recorded use ofsand dune as a color name inEnglish was in 1925.^[17]

Thenormalized color coordinates for sand dune are identical to the color namesdrab,mode beige andbistre brown, which were first recorded as color names in English, respectively, in 1686,^[18] 1928,^[19] and 1930.^[20]

Field drab

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Field Drab

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6C541E
sRGB^B (r,g,b)	(108, 84, 30)
HSV (h,s,v)	(42°, 72%, 42%)
CIELCh_uv (L,C,h)	(37, 38, 60°)
Source	ISCC-NBS^[21]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Field drab is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of theUnited States Army.^[4]^[5]

Desert sand in human culture

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Fashion

Earth yellow is a popular color forwomen'shandbags.^{[citation needed]}

Interior design

The tones ofdesert sand are calleddesert colors because they suggest the colors of the landscape of and of the design of theNative American cultures of theSouthwestern United States. Thedesert colors are widely used (with both tones ofsky blue orturquoise and tones ofmaroon to complement them) inSouthwest Design.^[22]

Military

The colorsdesert sand,earth yellow,sand, andfield drab are all on the list of the twelve standard camouflage colors used by theUnited States Department of the Army.^[4]^[5]

Notes

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^After recording "wood brown" in his 1886 book,Robert Ridgway further refined the details of its color coordinates in his 1912 publication.^[15]

References

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Bibliography

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Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930).A Dictionary of Color. New York:McGraw-Hill Book Company.LCCN 30016563.OCLC 1150631.
Ridgway, Robert (1886).Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists. Boston:Little, Brown and Company.OCLC 768502.
Ridgway, Robert (1912).Color standards and color nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Robert Ridgway.LCCN 13007093.OCLC 630954.

Citations

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^"Crayola crayon chronology".Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved2009-03-27.
^"Current Crayola crayon colors".Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved2009-03-27.
^"MERDC Camouflage".gurth.home.xs4all.nl.
^^a ^b ^cColor, marking, and camouflage pattern painting for armament command equipment, United States Department of the Army, 1988
^^a ^b ^c"The 12 official MERDC camouflage colors (color samples shown)".Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved2009-03-27.
^^a ^bISCC-NBS^[usurped]
^Maerz & Paul, p. 48
^Maerz & Paul, p. 190
^Maerz & Paul, p. 48; Color Sample of Sand: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample B2
^Gove, Philip B., ed. (1961)."ecru".Merriam-Webster Unabridged. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam. Retrieved2022-10-26.First Known Use: 1836
^"Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Da through Dz". November 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
^Maerz & Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Desert: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7
^Maerz & Paul, p. 195; Color Sample of Fallow: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5
^Ridgway (1886), pp. 36, 54, 117; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate III fig. 19
^Ridgway (1912), p. 40; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate XL
^Maerz & Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Camel: p. 49 Plate 15 Color Sample A6
^Maerz & Paul, p. 204; Color Sample of Sand Dune: p. 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5
^Maerz & Paul, p. 194
^Maerz & Paul, p. 199
^Maerz & Paul, p. 53 Plate 15 Color Sample C9
^"Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Fa through Fz". November 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
^""Southwest design" - Google Search".www.google.com.

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Brown	Brown sugar	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Camel	Caput mortuum	Caramel	Chamoisee

Chestnut	Chocolate	Citron	Cocoa Brown	Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Coyote	Desert sand	Drab dark brown

Dun	Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn	Field drab	Fulvous	Golden brown	Goldenrod	Harvest gold

Khaki	Kobicha	Lion	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber	Red-brown	Redwood

Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown	Satin sheen gold	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia

Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Titian Red	Umber	Van Dyke	Walnut brown	Wenge	Wheat

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