Desert sand (color)

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|title=Sandy Brown

|hex=F4A460

|source=X11

|isccname=Moderate orange}}

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

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|title=Earth Yellow

|hex=E1A95F

|source=xs4all.nl{{Cite web|url=https://gurth.home.xs4all.nl/afv/merdc.html|title=MERDC Camouflage|website=gurth.home.xs4all.nl}}

|isccname=Moderate orange yellow}}

Earth yellow is one of the twelve official camouflage colors of the United States Army.{{citation|title=Color, marking, and camouflage pattern painting for armament command equipment|year=1988|publisher=United States Department of the Army}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/afv/merdc.html |title=The 12 official MERDC camouflage colors (color samples shown) |access-date=2009-03-27 |archive-date=2009-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323023227/http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/afv/merdc.html |url-status=live }}

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{{infobox color

|title=Sand

|hex=C2B280

|source=ISCC-NBS{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220502/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-s.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

|isccname=Grayish yellow}}

File:Sandy Beach (6225675980).jpg

Sand is a color that resembles the color of beach sand. In fact, another name for this color is beach,Maerz & Paul, p. 48 an alternate color name in use for this color since 1923.Maerz & Paul, p. 190

The first recorded use of sand as a color name in English was in 1627.Maerz & Paul, p. 48; Color Sample of Sand: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample B2

The normalized color coordinates for sand are identical to ecru, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1836.{{Cite web |date=1961 |editor-last=Gove |editor-first=Philip B. |title=ecru |url=https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/ecru |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Merriam-Webster Unabridged |location=Springfield, MA |publisher=G. & C. Merriam |quote=First Known Use: 1836}}

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

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{{infobox color

|title=Desert

|hex=C19A6B

|source=ISCC-NBS{{Cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-d.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Da through Dz|date=November 22, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220612/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-d.htm |archive-date=22 November 2012 }}

|isccname=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.Maerz & Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Desert: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7

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,Maerz & Paul, p. 195; Color Sample of Fallow: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5 1886,Ridgway (1886), pp. 36, 54, 117; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate III fig. 19{{efn|name=fn1|After recording "wood brown" in his 1886 book, Robert Ridgway further refined the details of its color coordinates in his 1912 publication.Ridgway (1912), p. 40; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate XL}} and 1916,Maerz & Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Camel: p. 49 Plate 15 Color Sample A6 respectively.

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{{infobox color

|title=Sand Dune

|hex=967117

|source=ISCC-NBS

|isccname=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.Maerz & Paul, p. 204; Color Sample of Sand Dune: p. 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5

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,Maerz & Paul, p. 194 1928,Maerz & Paul, p. 199 and 1930.Maerz & Paul, p. 53 Plate 15 Color Sample C9

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{{infobox color

|title=Field Drab

|hex=6C541E

|source=ISCC-NBS{{Cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-f.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Fa through Fz|date=November 22, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220043/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-f.htm |archive-date=22 November 2012 }}

|isccname=Moderate olive brown}}

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

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Fashion

• Earth yellow is a popular color for women's handbags.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Southwest+design%22&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&tbm=isch|title="Southwest design" - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}

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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• {{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Color |last1=Maerz |first1=Aloys John |last2=Paul |first2=Morris Rea |year=1930 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Company |location=New York |lccn=30016563 |oclc=1150631}}
• {{cite book |title=Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists |first=Robert |last=Ridgway |author-link=Robert Ridgway |year=1886 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=Boston |oclc=768502 |url=https://archive.org/details/nomenclatureofc00ridg/mode/2up}}
• {{cite book |title=Color standards and color nomenclature |first=Robert |last=Ridgway |author-link=Robert Ridgway |year=1912 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Robert Ridgway |lccn=13007093 |oclc=630954 |url=https://archive.org/details/colorstandardsc00ridg/mode/2up}}

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