Desert sand (color)
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Desert sand is a colour 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 colour. [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]
Meaning of desert sand
[change | change source]- 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 | change source]| Name | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Dust Storm | #F4E9E8 | 244 | 233 | 232 | 05° | 35% | 93% | Xona.com color list "Dust Storm Light" | |
| Spanish Sand | #ECE2C6 | 236 | 226 | 198 | 44° | 50% | 85% | Sand (Gallego & Sanz) | |
| White Sand | #DCD7D4 | 220 | 215 | 212 | 22° | 10% | 85% | Pantone TPX 13-0002 | |
| Dust Storm | #E5CCC9 | 229 | 204 | 201 | 06° | 35% | 84% | Xona.com color list | |
| Light Burning Sand | #EFCDBB | 239 | 205 | 187 | 21° | 62% | 84% | Xona.com color list "Burning Sand Light" | |
| Desert sand | #EDC9AF | 237 | 201 | 175 | 25° | 63% | 81% | (Crayola) (US Army Camouflage color) | |
| Sandstorm | #ECD540 | 236 | 213 | 64 | 52° | 82% | 59% | Crayola colored pencils | |
| Sandy Brown | #F4A460 | 244 | 164 | 96 | 28° | 87% | 67% | web color | |
| Earth Yellow | #E1A95F | 225 | 169 | 95 | 34° | 68% | 63% | US Army Camouflage color | |
| Pink Sand | #DDAD95 | 221 | 173 | 149 | 20° | 51% | 73% | Pantone TPX 15-1318 | |
| Dusty Pink | #E1AD9D | 225 | 173 | 157 | 14° | 53% | 75% | Pantone TPX 14-1376 | |
| Burning Sand | #D99376 | 217 | 147 | 118 | 18° | 57% | 66% | Xona.com color list | |
| Sand | #C2B280 | 194 | 178 | 128 | 45° | 35% | 63% | ISCC-NBS US Army Camouflage color | |
| Desert | #C19A6B | 193 | 154 | 107 | 33° | 41% | 59% | ISCC-NBS | |
| Sand Dune | #967117 | 150 | 113 | 23 | 43° | 73% | 34% | Drab Mode Beige ISCC-NBS | |
| Field Drab | #6C541E | 108 | 84 | 30 | 42° | 57% | 27% | US Army Camouflage color |