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Pale tone of brown

Tan skin color, sunbathing Hex triplet #D2B48C sRGB^B (r, g, b) (210, 180, 140) HSV (h, s, v) (34°, 33%, 82%) CIELCh_uv (L, C, h) (75, 39, 56°) Source X11 ISCC–NBS descriptor Grayish yellow B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Dark Tan

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]

Chestnut oak bark, formerly used in tanning

Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymous to tan include: tawny, tenné, and fulvous.

Sandy Tan Hex triplet #FDD9B5 sRGB^B (r, g, b) (253, 217, 181) HSV (h, s, v) (30°, 28%, 99%) CIELCh_uv (L, C, h) (89, 39, 51°) Source Crayola^[3] ISCC–NBS descriptor Pale orange yellow B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color Sandy tan.

This color was formulated by Crayola in 2000 as a Crayola marker color.

Tan (Crayola) Hex triplet #FAA76C sRGB^B (r, g, b) (250, 167, 108) HSV (h, s, v) (25°, 57%, 98%) CIELCh_uv (L, C, h) (75, 79, 37°) Source Crayola ISCC–NBS descriptor Moderate orange B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the orangish tone of tan called tan since 1958 in Crayola crayons and 1990 in Crayola markers.

Windsor Tan Hex triplet #AE6838 sRGB^B (r, g, b) (174, 104, 56) HSV (h, s, v) (24°, 68%, 68%) CIELCh_uv (L, C, h) (51, 66, 34°) Source ISCC-NBS^[usurped] ISCC–NBS descriptor Strong brown B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 Hex triplet #A67B5B sRGB^B (r, g, b) (166, 123, 91) HSV (h, s, v) (26°, 45%, 65%) CIELCh_uv (L, C, h) (55, 41, 41°) Source ISCC-NBS^[usurped] ISCC–NBS descriptor Light brown B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color Tuscan tan.

The first recorded use of Tuscan tan as a color name in English was in 1926.^[5]

The normalized color coordinates for Tuscan tan are identical to café au lait and French beige, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1839^[6] and 1927,^[7] respectively.

Military

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.^[8]

Sunbathing

When a person sunbathes to make their skin darker, they are said to be getting a tan.

United States politics

The Barack Obama tan suit controversy was an incident when US President Barack Obama wore a tan colored suit during a press conference.

Lists of colors
Buff, a similar color
Khaki, another similar color
Tawny (color)

^ "tan". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 205.
^ Crayola Sandy Tan marker
^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 49, 207. Plate 13 Color Sample G12; Color Sample of Windsor Tan
^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 49, 206. Plate 13 Color Sample C8; Color Sample of Tuscan tan
^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 47, 191. Plate 12 Color Sample A6; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait
^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 49, 195. Plate 13 Color Sample A7; Color Sample of French beige
^ http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp. Archived 2013-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

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