Desert sand (color)

Short description: Light reddish-yellow color

Desert Sand
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EDC9AF
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale orange yellow

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.

Namibian sand dune

The color shown 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.

Six Color Variations of Desert Sand

Sandy brown

Sandy Brown
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F4A460
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange

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

Earth yellow

Earth Yellow
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E1A95F
Source	Internet
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange yellow

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

Sand

Sand
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C2B280
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow

A sandy beach

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 normalized color coordinates for sand are identical to ecru, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1836.

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

Desert

Desert
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C19A6B
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellowish brown

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.

The normalized color coordinates for desert are identical to fallow, wood brown and camel, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1000, 1886, and 1916, respectively.

Sand dune (Drab)

Sand Dune
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#967117
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown

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

The first recorded use of sand dune as a color name in English was in 1925.

The normalized color coordinates for sand dune are identical to the color names drab, mode beige and bistre brown, which were first recorded as color names in English, respectively, in 1686, 1928, and 1930.

Field drab

Field Drab
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6C541E
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown

Field drab is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.

Desert sand in human culture

Fashion

• Earth yellow is a popular color for women’s handbags.

Interior design

• The tones of desert sand are called desert colors because they suggest the colors of the landscape of and of the design of the Native American cultures of the Southwestern United States. The desert colors are widely used (with both tones of sky blue or turquoise and tones of maroon to complement them) in Southwest Design.

Military

• The colors desert sand, earth yellow, sand, and field drab are all on the list of the twelve standard camouflage colors used by the United States Department of the Army.

References

Bibliography

• Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. OCLC 1150631. 
• Ridgway, Robert (1886). Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. OCLC 768502. https://archive.org/details/nomenclatureofc00ridg/mode/2up. 
• Ridgway, Robert (1912). Color standards and color nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Robert Ridgway. OCLC 630954. https://archive.org/details/colorstandardsc00ridg/mode/2up. 

See also

• List of colors