Desert sand (color)

Earth Yellow
Earth Yellow
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E1A95F
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(225, 169, 95)
HSV (h, s, v)	(34°, 58%, 88%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(73, 68, 51°)
Source	Internet
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange yellow
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

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

Desert Sand
Desert Sand
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#EDC9AF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(237, 201, 175)
HSV (h, s, v)	(25°, 26%, 93%)
CIELChuv (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 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.[1][2]

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

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

Earth yellow

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.[3][4]

Sand

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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A sandy beach

Sand is a color that resembles the color of beach sand. In fact, another name for this color is beach,[5] an alternate color name in use for this color since 1923.[6]

The first recorded use of sand as a color name in English was in 1627.[7]

The normalized color coordinates for sand are identical to ecru, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1836.[8]

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

Desert

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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[9]

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,[10] 1886,[11][lower-alpha 1] and 1916,[13] respectively.

Sand dune (Drab)

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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[14]

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,[15] 1928,[16] and 1930.[17]

Field drab

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
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate olive brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Field drab is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.[3][4]

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.[18]

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.[3][4]

Notes

After recording "wood brown" in his 1886 book, Robert Ridgway further refined the details of its color coordinates in his 1912 publication.[12]

References

Bibliography

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

Crayola crayon chronology:
Current Crayola crayon colors:
Color, marking, and camouflage pattern painting for armament command equipment, United States Department of the Army, 1988
The 12 official MERDC camouflage colors (color samples shown):
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. Retrieved 2022-10-26. First Known Use: 1836
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
Google Images for "Southwest Design":