Tan (color)

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.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205

The name comes from tannum, (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather.

 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 2http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp .
 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 .

 Tones of tan color comparison chart 
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceLight Tan#ECDEC923622220136°100
%86%(Tan Light (Xona.com color list))Sandy Tan#FDD9B525321718130°28%85%Light Peru#EAC59223419714635°38%75%(Peru Light (Xona.com color list))Tan#D2B48C21018014034°33%69%(web color)Orange Tan#FAA76C25016710825°57%70%(Tan (Crayola))Apricot Tan#E3A8572271688735°62%62%(Plochere)Light Hawaiian Tan#D2A5602101659636°54%60%(Hawaiian Tan Light (Xona.com color list))Light Peru Tan#C18D251931413740°81%45%(Peru Tan Light (Xona.com color list))Peru#CD853F2051336330°69%53%(web color)Peach Tan#B4745E1801169415°48%54%(ISCC-NBS #39)Tuscan Tan#A67B5B1661239126°45%50%(ISCC-NBS)Windsor Tan#AE69381741055625°68%45%(ISCC-NBS)French Tan#A7550216785230°99%33%(Tan (Pourpre.com))Hawaiian Tan#9D5616157862228°75%35%(Xona.com color list)Dark Tan#865E55134948511°37%43%(PerBang.dk)france Tan#7F3A0212758227°98%25%(Xona.com color list)

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List of colors

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