Tan (color)
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Tan is a color that is a pale tone of brown or green tone of orange.
The first written use of tan as a color name in English was in the year 1590.[1]
The name comes from tannum, (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather.[2]
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[3]
- When a person sunbathes to make his or her skin darker that happens due to more melanin production, he or she is said to be getting a tan Archived 2023-06-21 at the Wayback Machine.
Tones of tan color comparison chart
| Name | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Tan | #ECDEC9 | 236 | 222 | 201 | 36° | 100
% |
86% | (Tan Light (Xona.com color list)) | |
| Sandy Tan | #FDD9B5 | 253 | 217 | 181 | 30° | 28% | 85% | ||
| Light Peru | #EAC592 | 234 | 197 | 146 | 35° | 38% | 75% | (Peru Light (Xona.com color list)) | |
| Tan | #D2B48C | 210 | 180 | 140 | 34° | 33% | 69% | (web color) | |
| Orange Tan | #FAA76C | 250 | 167 | 108 | 25° | 57% | 70% | (Tan (Crayola)) | |
| Apricot Tan | #E3A857 | 227 | 168 | 87 | 35° | 62% | 62% | (Plochere) | |
| Light Hawaiian Tan | #D2A560 | 210 | 165 | 96 | 36° | 54% | 60% | (Hawaiian Tan Light (Xona.com color list)) | |
| Light Peru Tan | #C18D25 | 193 | 141 | 37 | 40° | 81% | 45% | (Peru Tan Light (Xona.com color list)) | |
| Peru | #CD853F | 205 | 133 | 63 | 30° | 69% | 53% | (web color) | |
| Peach Tan | #B4745E | 180 | 116 | 94 | 15° | 48% | 54% | (ISCC-NBS #39) | |
| Tuscan Tan | #A67B5B | 166 | 123 | 91 | 26° | 45% | 50% | (ISCC-NBS) | |
| Windsor Tan | #AE6938 | 174 | 105 | 56 | 25° | 68% | 45% | (ISCC-NBS) | |
| French Tan | #A75502 | 167 | 85 | 2 | 30° | 99% | 33% | (Tan (Pourpre.com)) | |
| Hawaiian Tan | #9D5616 | 157 | 86 | 22 | 28° | 75% | 35% | (Xona.com color list) | |
| Dark Tan | #865E55 | 134 | 94 | 85 | 11° | 37% | 43% | (PerBang.dk) | |
| france Tan | #7F3A02 | 127 | 58 | 2 | 27° | 98% | 25% | (Xona.com color list) |
Tan (color) Media
Chestnut oak bark, formerly used in tanning
Related pages
References
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205
- ↑ "tan". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ↑ http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp Archived 2013-07-02 at the Wayback Machine.