Tan (color)

Tan
Common connotations
skin color, loafer, sunbathing
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D2B48C
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(210, 180, 140)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 14, 33, 18)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(34°, 33%, 82%)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Some shades of Tan
Dark Tan

Tan is a pale tone of brown. The name is derived from tannum (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather.^[1]

The first recorded use of tan as a color name in English was in the year 1590.^[2]

Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymous to tan include: tawny, tenné, and fulvous.

Variations of tan

Sandy tan

Sandy Tan
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FDD9B5
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(253, 217, 181)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(30°, 29%, 99%)
Source	Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color Sandy tan.

This color was formulated by Crayola in 2000 as a Crayola marker color.

Tan orange

Tan (Crayola)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FAA76C
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(250, 167, 108)
Source	Crayola crayons/markers
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the orangeish tone of tan called tan since 1958 in Crayola crayons and 1990 in Crayola markers.

Windsor tan

Windsor Tan
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AE6838
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(167, 85, 2)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 46, 68, 32)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(24°, 68%, 68[3]%)
Source	ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color Windsor tan.

The first recorded use of windsor tan as a color name in English was in 1925.^[4]

Tuscan tan

Tuscan Tan
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A67B5B
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(166, 123, 91)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 26, 45, 35)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(26°, 45%, 65[5]%)
Source	ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color Tuscan tan.

The first recorded use of Tuscan tan as a color name in English was in 1926.^[6]

Tan in human culture

Military

• Tan is the color of the United States Army Rangers beret as well as Canada's Canadian Special Operations Regiment and Joint Task Force 2.^[7]

Sunbathing

• When a person sunbathes to make his or her skin darker, he or she is said to be getting a tan.

See also

• List of colors
• Sun tanning
• Buff, a similar color

References

1. "tan". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205
3. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #AE6838 (Windsor Tan):
4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207; Color Sample of Windsor Tan: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G12
5. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #A67B5B (Tuscan Tan):
6. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Tuscan tan: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample C8
7. http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp.