Desert sand (color)

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.  Crayola crayon chronology:Current Crayola crayon colors:

The color shown at right matches the palest of the three colors in the 3-color Desert Camouflage Uniform of United States Army. Three Color Desert Camouflage Pattern (go halfway down the web page):In 1990, it began to replace the 6-color Desert Battle Dress Uniform. Six Color Desert Camouflage Pattern (go two-thirds of the way down the web page): 

Meaning  of desert sand
 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.  Google Images for "Southwest Design":
 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
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceLight Dust Storm#F4E9E824423323205°35%93%Xona.com color list "Dust Storm Light"Spanish Sand#ECE2C623622619844°50%85%Sand (Gallego & Sanz)White Sand#DCD7D422021521222°10%85%Pantone TPX 13-0002Dust Storm#E5CCC922920420106°35%84%Xona.com color listLight Burning Sand#EFCDBB23920518721°62%84%Xona.com color list "Burning Sand Light"Desert sand#EDC9AF23720117525°63%81%(Crayola) (US Army Camouflage color)Sandstorm#ECD5402362136452°82%59%Crayola colored pencilsSandy Brown#F4A4602441649628°87%67%web colorEarth Yellow#E1A95F2251699534°68%63%US Army Camouflage colorPink Sand#DDAD9522117314920°51%73%Pantone TPX 15-1318Dusty Pink#E1AD9D22517315714°53%75%Pantone TPX 14-1376Burning Sand#D9937621714711818°57%66%Xona.com color listSand#C2B28019417812845°35%63%ISCC-NBS US Army Camouflage colorDesert#C19A6B19315410733°41%59%ISCC-NBSSand Dune#9671171501132343°73%34%Drab Mode Beige ISCC-NBSField Drab#6C541E108843042°57%27%US Army Camouflage color

Related pages
List of colors

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