Variations of brown
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Brown is a composite color produced by a mixture of red, yellow and black.[1] Brown color names are often not very precise, and some shades, such as beige, can refer to a wide variety of colors, including shades of yellow or red. Browns are usually described as light or dark, reddish, yellowish, or gray-brown. There are no standardized names for shades of brown; the same shade may have different names on different color lists, and sometimes the one name (such as beige or puce) can refer refers to several very different colors. The X11 color list of web colors lists seventeen different shades of brown, but the complete list of browns is much longer.
Brown colors are dark or muted shades of reds, oranges, and yellows which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model. In practice, browns are created by mixing two complementary colors from the RYB color model (combining all three primary colors). In theory, such combinations should produce black, but produce brown because most commercially available blue pigments tend to be comparatively weaker; the stronger red and yellow colors prevail, thus creating the following tones. Below is a group of common brown web colors.
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Below are additional shades of brown.
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Red-brown (web color "brown") [edit]
| Red-Brown | |
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 Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #A52A2A |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (165, 42, 42) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 75, 75, 35) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 75%, 65[2]%) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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The web color called "brown" is displayed at right.
The historical and traditional name for this color is red-brown.
The color shown above at the top right at the head of this article (color #964B00) is the color normally and traditionally regarded as brown—a medium dark orange. Its h (hue) code is 30, which signifies a shade of orange. The color to the immediate right (color #A52A2A) that was chosen as the web color "brown"—a medium dark red—is the color traditionally called red-brown. That this color is a shade of red and not orange can be easily ascertained by inspecting its h (hue) code, which is 0, signifying a shade of red.
The first recorded use of red-brown as a color name in English was in 1682.[3]
Sandy brown [edit]
| Sandy Brown | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #F4A460 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (244, 164, 96) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 33, 61, 4) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (28°, 61%, 96[4]%) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Sandy brown is a pale shade of brown. Sandy brown is one of the web colors. As its name suggests, it is a shade of brown which is similar to the color of some sands.
The color name sandy brown first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.
Peru [edit]
| Peru | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #CD853F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (205, 133, 63) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 35, 69, 20) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (30°, 69%, 80[5]%) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Displayed at right is the web color Peru.
This color was originally called Peruvian brown.
The first recorded use of Peruvian brown as a color name in English was in 1924.[6]
The color name was changed to peru in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.
Wood brown [edit]
| Wood Brown | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #C19A6B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (193, 154, 107) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 20, 45, 24) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (33°, 45%, 76[7]%) |
| Source | Ridgway |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Wood brown is a color that resembles wood.
The source of this color is the 1912 book Color Standards and Color Nomenclature by Robert Ridgway. This color list was intended for biology and botany and is now on the Internet: Ridgway, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature:
Thus, this color name has been in use since 1912.
Rosy brown [edit]
| Rosy Brown | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #BC8F8F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (188, 143, 143) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (359°, 25%, 63%) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color rosy brown.
The color name rosy brown first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.
Beaver [edit]
| Beaver | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #9F8170 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (159, 139, 112) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 30, 19, 38) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (22°, 30%, 62[8]%) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Beaver is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a beaver.
The first recorded use of beaver as a color name in English was in 1705.[9]
The color "beaver" was formulated as one of the Crayola colors in 1998.
Etymologically, it's believed that both the words "brown" and "beaver" ultimately stem from the same root word.[10]
Chestnut [edit]
| Chestnut | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #954535 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (149, 69, 53) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 53, 64, 41) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (10°, 54%, 68%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Displayed at right is the color chestnut.
Smokey topaz [edit]
| Smokey Topaz | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #832A0D |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (131, 42, 134) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 68, 90, 49) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (15°, 90%, 51[11]%) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Displayed at right is the color smokey topaz. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in the Gem Tones set.
Russet [edit]
| Russet | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #80461B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (128, 70, 27) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 45, 79, 50) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (26°, 79%, 50[12]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Russet is a dark brown color with a reddish-orange tinge.
The first recorded use of russet as a color name in English was in 1562.[13]
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.[14]
The name of the color derives from russet, a coarse cloth made of wool and dyed with woad and madder to give it a subdued gray or reddish-brown shade. By the statute of 1363, poor English people were required to wear russet.[15]
Russet, a color of fall, is often associated with sorrow or grave seriousness. Anticipating a lifetime of regret, Shakespeare's character Biron says: "Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes." (Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1)
Brown-nose [edit]
| Brown-nose | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #6B4423 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (102, 68, 35) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 30, 67, 58) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (28°, 67%, 42[16]%) |
| Source | JTC |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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The color brown-nose is displayed at right.
Brown-nose is one of the Japanese traditional colors in use since beginning in 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimonos.[17][18]
The name of this color in Japanese is kobicha.
Another name for this color is flattery.[19][20]
Black bean [edit]
See Shades of black (colors)#Black bean
Cosmic latte [edit]
| Cosmic Latte | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFF8E7 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 248, 231) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 2.7, 99.6, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (40°, 94%, 90%) |
| Source | Internet |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Cosmic latte is a name assigned in 2002 to the average color of the universe (derived from a sampling of the electromagnetic radiation from 200,000 galaxies), given by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University.
Cream [edit]
| Cream | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFFDD0 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 253, 208) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 1, 18, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (57°, 18%, 100%) |
| Source | [1]/Maerz and Paul |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Cream is the color of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the cream, to give a yellow tone to white.
The first recorded use of cream as a color name in English was in 1590.[21]
Unbleached silk [edit]
| Unbleached Silk | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FFDDCA |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 221, 202) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 3, 21, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (22°, 21%, 100[22]%) |
| Source | JTC |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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The color unbleached silk is shown at right.
This color is one of the Japanese traditional colors in use since 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimonos.[23][24]
The name of this color in Japanese is shironeri.
Tuscan [edit]
| Tuscan | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FAD6A5 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (250, 214, 165) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 14, 31, 2) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (35°, 34%, 98[25]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Displayed at right is the color Tuscan.
The first recorded use of Tuscan as a color name in English was in 1887.[26]
Buff [edit]
| Buff | |
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| Colour coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #F0DC82 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (240, 220, 130) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 8, 46, 6) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (49°, 46%, 94%) |
| Source | [2]/Maerz and Paul |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Buff is a pale yellow-brown color that got its name from the colour of buffed leather.[27]
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, buff as a descriptor of a colour was first used in the London Gazette of 1686, describing a uniform to be "A Red Coat with a Buff-colour'd lining".[28]
Desert sand [edit]
| Desert Sand | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #EDC9AF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (237, 201, 175) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 17, 26, 8) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (19°, 26%, 92[29]%) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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The color desert sand is displayed at right. It may be regarded as a deep shade of beige. It is a pale tint of a color called desert. The color name "desert" was first used in 1920.[30]
Beige and ecru [edit]
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Look up ecru in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
| Ecru | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #C2B280 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (194, 178, 128) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (45°, 34%, 76%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The color ecru is displayed at right.
Originally in the 19th century and up to at least 1930, the color ecru meant exactly the same color as beige (i.e. the pale cream color shown above as beige),[31] and the word is often used to refer to such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state. Ecru comes from the French word écru, which means literally 'raw' or 'unbleached'.
Since at least the 1950s, however, the color ecru has been regarded as a different color from beige, presumably in order to allow interior designers a wider palette of colors to choose from.[32]
Khaki [edit]
| Khaki | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #C3B091 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (195, 176, 145) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (37°, 26%, 76%) |
| Source | HTML/CSS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color khaki.
This is the web color called khaki in HTML/CSS.
The color shown at right matches the color designated as khaki in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, the standard for color nomenclature before the introduction of computers.
The first recorded use of khaki as a color name in English was in 1848.[33]
French beige [edit]
| French Beige | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #A67B5B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (166, 123, 91) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 26, 45, 35) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (26°, 45%, 65[34]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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At right is displayed another version of the color French beige.
The first recorded use of French beige as a color name in English was in 1927.[35]
The source of this color is the following website: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of French beige (color sample #57)
Mode beige [edit]
| Mode Beige | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #967117 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (150, 113, 23) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 24, 85, 41) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (43°, 85%, 59[36]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Mode beige is a very dark shade of beige.
Two other alternate names for this exact color are drab and sand dune,[37] in use, respectively, since 1686[38] and 1925.[39]
The first recorded use of mode beige as a color name in English was in 1928.[40]
The color mode beige is a masterpiece of rebranding—taking the color "drab", a color whose name had become a synonym for dullness, and remaking it into the exciting, fun color "mode beige".
Citations [edit]
- ^ Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, 2002.
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #A52A2A (Red-Brown):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Red-Brown: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample F11 (The color red-brown is listed on page 190 as a variation of the color Bole, under its original 17th century name, “brown-red”)
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F4A460 (Sandy Brown):
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #CD853F (Peru):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peruvian Brown: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample L11—The color Peru shown above matches the color sample in the book
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #C19A6B (Wood Brown):
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #9F8170 (Beaver):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page190; Color Sample of Beaver: Page 53 Plate 15 Color Sample A6—The color shown above matches the color sample in the book
- ^ Harper, Douglas. "beaver". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #832A0D (Smokey Topaz):
- ^ web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #80461B (Russet):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Russet: Page 37 Plate 14 Color Sample I12
- ^ See sample of the color Russet (Color Sample #55) displayed on indicated page: ISCC Color List Page R
- ^ R. H. Britnell (1986), Growth and decline in Colchester, 1300–1525, Cambridge University Press, pp. 55–77, ISBN 978-0-521-30572-3
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #6B4423 (Brown-nose (Flattery)):
- ^ Nagasaki, Seiki. Nihon no dentoshoku : sono shikimei to shikicho, Seigensha, 2001. ISBN 4-916094-53-0
- ^ Nihon Shikisai Gakkai. Shinpen shikisai kagaku handobukku, Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1985. ISBN 4-13-061000-7
- ^ Nagasaki, Seiki. Nihon no dentoshoku : sono shikimei to shikicho, Seigensha, 2001. ISBN 4-916094-53-0
- ^ Nihon Shikisai Gakkai. Shinpen shikisai kagaku handobukku, Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1985. ISBN 4-13-061000-7
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Cream: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample D4 The color shown above matches the color sample in the book.
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FFDDCA (Unbleached Silk):
- ^ Nagasaki, Seiki. Nihon no dentoshoku : sono shikimei to shikicho, Seigensha, 2001. ISBN 4-916094-53-0
- ^ Nihon Shikisai Gakkai. Shinpen shikisai kagaku handobukku, Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1985. ISBN 4-13-061000-7
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #FAD6A5 (Tuscan):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Tuscan: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample E5
- ^ Paterson, Ian (2003), A Dictionary of Colour (1st paperback ed.), London: Thorogood (published 2004), p. 73, ISBN 1-85418-375-3, OCLC 60411025
- ^ "buff, adj.1". Oxford English Dictionary. OUP. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #EDC9AF (Desert Sand):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Desert: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 149--Discussion of the color Beige (shown in this book's color sample as being the same color that is displayed as "beige" in the Wikipedia color box shown above) notes that beige is exactly the same color as Ecru.
- ^ 1955 ISCC-NBS color chart (scanned onto the Internet) shows ecru as being a different color than beige):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Khaki: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample J7
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #A67B5B (French Beige):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of French beige: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample A7
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #967117 (Mode Beige):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 50
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mode Beige: Page 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5
