Desert sand (color)
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Desert sand is a color which is like the color of desert sand. It is a deep tone of beige.
In 1998, desert sand was made into a Crayola crayon color. [1][2]
The color shown at right matches the palest of the three colors in the 3-color Desert Camouflage Uniform of United States Army.[3]In 1990, it began to replace the 6-color Desert Battle Dress Uniform. [4]
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Meaning of desert sand [change]
- In interior design, the tones of desert sand are called desert colors. This is because they suggest the colors of the landscape and the design of the Native American cultures of the Southwestern United States. The desert colors are used in many places (with both tones of sky blue or turquoise and tones of maroon to complement them) in Southwest Design. [5]
- 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 Army.
Tones of desert sand color comparison chart [change]
| DESERT SAND (Crayola) (US Army Camouflage color) (Hex: #EDC9AF) (RGB: 237, 201, 175) |
| Sandy Brown (web color) (Hex: #F4A460) (RGB: 244, 164, 96) |
| Earth Yellow (US Army Camouflage color) (Hex: #E1A95F) (RGB: 229, 169, 95) |
| Sand (ISCC-NBS) (US Army Camouflage color) (Hex: #C2B280) (RGB: 194, 178, 128) |
| Desert (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #C19A6B) (RGB: 193, 154, 107) |
| Sand Dune (Drab) (Mode Beige) (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #967117) (RGB: 150, 113, 23) |
| Field Drab (US Army Camouflage color) (Hex: #6C541e) (RGB: 108, 84, 30) |
References [change]
- ↑ Crayola crayon chronology:
- ↑ Current Crayola crayon colors:
- ↑ Three Color Desert Camouflage Pattern (go halfway down the web page):
- ↑ Six Color Desert Camouflage Pattern (go two-thirds of the way down the web page):
- ↑ Google Images for "Southwest Design":
