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{{Redirect|Tan}}
{{colorswatch|tan|D2B48C}}
{{Use American English}}
'''Tan''' is a [[color]] that is a pale tone of [[brown]].
The first written use of ''tan'' as a [[color]] name in [[English language|English]] was in the year 1590.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205</ref>
The name comes from from ''tannum'', ([[oak]] [[bark]]) used in the [[tanning]] of [[leather]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=tan&searchmode=none|accessdate=2011-09-13|title=tan|work=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref>
==Meaning of tan==
* Tan is the color of the [[United States Army Rangers]] beret as well as Canada's CSOR [[Canadian Special Operations Regiment]] and JTF2 [[Joint Task Force 2]]<ref>http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp.</ref>
* When a person [[sunbathing|sunbathes]] to make his or her [[skin]] darker, he or she is said to be ''getting a tan''.
==Tones of tan color comparison chart==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Light Tan
|style="background-color:#ecdec9"|
|#ECDEC9
|236
|222
|201
|36°
|48%
|86%
|(Tan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Peru
|style="background-color:#eac592"|
|#EAC592
|234
|197
|146
|35°
|68%
|75%
|(Peru Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|'''Tan'''
|style="background-color:#d2b48c"|
|'''#D2B48C'''
|'''210'''
|'''180'''
|'''140'''
|'''34°'''
|'''44%'''
|'''69%'''
|'''(web color)'''
|-
|Orange Tan
|style="background-color:#faa76c"|
|#FAA76C
|250
|167
|108
|25°
|93%
|70%
|(Tan (Crayola))
|-
|Apricot Tan
|style="background-color:#e3a857"|
|#E3A857
|227
|168
|87
|35°
|71%
|62%
|(Plochere)
|-
|Light Hawaiian Tan
|style="background-color:#d2a560"|
|#D2A560
|210
|165
|96
|36°
|56%
|60%
|(Hawaiian Tan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Peru Tan
|style="background-color:#c18d25"|
|#C18D25
|193
|141
|37
|40°
|68%
|45%
|(Peru Tan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Peru
|style="background-color:#cd853f"|
|#CD853F
|205
|133
|63
|30°
|59%
|53%
|(web color)
|-
|Peach Tan
|style="background-color:#b4745e"|
|#B4745E
|180
|116
|194
|15°
|36%
|54%
|(ISCC-NBS #39)
|-
|Tuscan Tan
|style="background-color:#a67b5b"|
|#A67B5B
|166
|123
|91
|26°
|30%
|50%
|(ISCC-NBS)
|-
|Windsor Tan
|style="background-color:#ae6938"|
|#AE6938
|174
|105
|56
|25°
|51%
|45%
|(ISCC-NBS)
|-
|French Tan
|style="background-color:#a75502"|
|#A75502
|167
|85
|2
|30°
|98%
|33%
|(Tan (Pourpre.com))
|-
|Hawaiian Tan
|style="background-color:#9d5616"|
|#9D5616
|157
|86
|22
|28°
|75%
|35%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Dark Tan
|style="background-color:#918151"|
|#918151
|145
|129
|81
|45°
|28%
|44%
|(PerBang.dk)
|-
|Peru Tan
|style="background-color:#7f3a02"|
|#7F3A02
|127
|58
|2
|27°
|97%
|25%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Dark Peru Tan
|style="background-color:#733e1f"|(
|#733E1F
|115
|62
|31
|22°
|58%
|29%
|(Peru Tan (Resene color list))
|}
{{colors}}
==Related pages==
*[[List of colors]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Colors]]
{{colorswatch|tan|D2B48C}}
{{Use American English}}
'''Tan''' is a [[color]] that is a pale tone of [[brown]].
The first written use of ''tan'' as a [[color]] name in [[English language|English]] was in the year 1590.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205</ref>
The name comes from from ''tannum'', ([[oak]] [[bark]]) used in the [[tanning]] of [[leather]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=tan&searchmode=none|accessdate=2011-09-13|title=tan|work=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref>
==Meaning of tan==
* Tan is the color of the [[United States Army Rangers]] beret as well as Canada's CSOR [[Canadian Special Operations Regiment]] and JTF2 [[Joint Task Force 2]]<ref>http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp.</ref>
* When a person [[sunbathing|sunbathes]] to make his or her [[skin]] darker, he or she is said to be ''getting a tan''.
==Tones of tan color comparison chart==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Light Tan
|style="background-color:#ecdec9"|
|#ECDEC9
|236
|222
|201
|36°
|48%
|86%
|(Tan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Peru
|style="background-color:#eac592"|
|#EAC592
|234
|197
|146
|35°
|68%
|75%
|(Peru Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|'''Tan'''
|style="background-color:#d2b48c"|
|'''#D2B48C'''
|'''210'''
|'''180'''
|'''140'''
|'''34°'''
|'''44%'''
|'''69%'''
|'''(web color)'''
|-
|Orange Tan
|style="background-color:#faa76c"|
|#FAA76C
|250
|167
|108
|25°
|93%
|70%
|(Tan (Crayola))
|-
|Apricot Tan
|style="background-color:#e3a857"|
|#E3A857
|227
|168
|87
|35°
|71%
|62%
|(Plochere)
|-
|Light Hawaiian Tan
|style="background-color:#d2a560"|
|#D2A560
|210
|165
|96
|36°
|56%
|60%
|(Hawaiian Tan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Light Peru Tan
|style="background-color:#c18d25"|
|#C18D25
|193
|141
|37
|40°
|68%
|45%
|(Peru Tan Light (Xona.com color list))
|-
|Peru
|style="background-color:#cd853f"|
|#CD853F
|205
|133
|63
|30°
|59%
|53%
|(web color)
|-
|Peach Tan
|style="background-color:#b4745e"|
|#B4745E
|180
|116
|194
|15°
|36%
|54%
|(ISCC-NBS #39)
|-
|Tuscan Tan
|style="background-color:#a67b5b"|
|#A67B5B
|166
|123
|91
|26°
|30%
|50%
|(ISCC-NBS)
|-
|Windsor Tan
|style="background-color:#ae6938"|
|#AE6938
|174
|105
|56
|25°
|51%
|45%
|(ISCC-NBS)
|-
|French Tan
|style="background-color:#a75502"|
|#A75502
|167
|85
|2
|30°
|98%
|33%
|(Tan (Pourpre.com))
|-
|Hawaiian Tan
|style="background-color:#9d5616"|
|#9D5616
|157
|86
|22
|28°
|75%
|35%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Dark Tan
|style="background-color:#918151"|
|#918151
|145
|129
|81
|45°
|28%
|44%
|(PerBang.dk)
|-
|Peru Tan
|style="background-color:#7f3a02"|
|#7F3A02
|127
|58
|2
|27°
|97%
|25%
|(Xona.com color list)
|-
|Dark Peru Tan
|style="background-color:#733e1f"|(
|#733E1F
|115
|62
|31
|22°
|58%
|29%
|(Peru Tan (Resene color list))
|}
{{colors}}
==Related pages==
*[[List of colors]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Colors]]