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Desert sand (color)

Desert Sand
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #EDC9AF
sRGBB  (rgb) (237, 201, 175)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 15, 26, 7)
HSV       (h, s, v) (25°, 26%, 93%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Sandy Brown
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F4A460
sRGBB  (rgb) (244, 164, 96)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 33, 61, 4)
HSV       (h, s, v) (28°, 61%, 96%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Earth Yellow
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #E1A95F
sRGBB  (rgb) (225, 169, 95)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 25, 58, 12)
HSV       (h, s, v) (34°, 58%, 88%)
Source Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Sand
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C2B280
sRGBB  (rgb) (194, 178, 128)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 8, 34, 24)
HSV       (h, s, v) (45°, 34%, 76%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Desert
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C19A6B
sRGBB  (rgb) (193, 154, 107)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 20, 45, 24)
HSV       (h, s, v) (33°, 45%, 76%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Sand Dune
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #967117
sRGBB  (rgb) (150, 113, 23)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 24, 85, 41)
HSV       (h, s, v) (43°, 85%, 59%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Field Drab
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet #6C541E
sRGBB  (rgb) (108, 84, 30)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 22, 72, 57)
HSV       (h, s, v) (42°, 72%, 42%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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

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 a Crayola crayon colour.

The color shown at right matches the palest of the three colors in the 3-color Desert Camouflage Uniform of United States armed forces, which in 1990 began to replace the 6-color Desert Battle Dress Uniform.

The web color sandy brown is displayed at right.

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

The color earth yellow is displayed at right.

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.

Sand is a color that resembles the color of beach sand. In fact, another name for this color is beach, an alternate color name in use for this color since 1923.

The first recorded use of sand as a color name in English was in 1627.

The San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball currently use Sand as one of their team colors.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Sand (color sample #90).

Desert is a color that resembles the color of the flat areas of a desert.

The first recorded use of desert as a color name in English was in 1920.


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