Desert sand (color)

Six Color Variations of Desert Sand

Sandy brown

Main article: Sandy brown (color)

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.

Sand

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 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 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 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.

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12. Maerz & Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Desert: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7
13. Maerz & Paul, p. 195; Color Sample of Fallow: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5
14. Ridgway (1886), pp. 36, 54, 117; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate III fig. 19
15. Ridgway (1912), p. 40; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate XL
16. Maerz & Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Camel: p. 49 Plate 15 Color Sample A6
17. Maerz & Paul, p. 204; Color Sample of Sand Dune: p. 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5
18. Maerz & Paul, p. 194
19. Maerz & Paul, p. 199
20. Maerz & Paul, p. 53 Plate 15 Color Sample C9
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