Tan (color)
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Tan is a pale tone of brown. The name is derived from tannum (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather.[1]
The first recorded use of tan as a color name in English was in the year 1590.[2]
Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymous to tan include: tawny, tenné, and fulvous.
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Variations of tan
Sandy tan
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Displayed at right is the color Sandy tan.
This color was formulated by Crayola in 2000 as a Crayola marker color.
Tan orange
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Displayed at right is the orangeish tone of tan called tan since 1958 in Crayola crayons and 1990 in Crayola markers.
Windsor tan
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Displayed at right is the color Windsor tan.
The first recorded use of windsor tan as a color name in English was in 1925.[4]
Tuscan tan
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Displayed at right is the color Tuscan tan.
The first recorded use of Tuscan tan as a color name in English was in 1926.[6]
Tan in human culture
- Tan is the color of the United States Army Rangers beret as well as Canada's Canadian Special Operations Regiment and Joint Task Force 2.[7]
See also
- List of colors
- Sun tanning
- Buff, a similar color
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205
- ↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #AE6838 (Windsor Tan):
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207; Color Sample of Windsor Tan: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G12
- ↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #A67B5B (Tuscan Tan):
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Tuscan tan: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample C8
- ↑ http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp.
