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

Tan
 
Common connotations
skin color, sunbathing
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#D2B48C
sRGBB (r, g, b)(210, 180, 140)
HSV (h, s, v)(34°, 33%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(75, 39, 56°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Some shades of Tan
Dark Tan 

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

Chestnut oak bark, formerly used in tanning
Chestnut oak bark, formerly used in tanning

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

Variations of tan

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Sandy tan

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Sandy Tan
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FDD9B5
sRGBB (r, g, b)(253, 217, 181)
HSV (h, s, v)(30°, 28%, 99%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(89, 39, 51°)
SourceCrayola[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptorPale orange yellow
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 (Crayola)

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Tan
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FAA76C
sRGBB (r, g, b)(250, 167, 108)
HSV (h, s, v)(25°, 57%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(75, 79, 37°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Windsor tan

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Windsor Tan
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#AE6838
sRGBB (r, g, b)(174, 104, 56)
HSV (h, s, v)(24°, 68%, 68%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(51, 66, 34°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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Tuscan Tan
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#A67B5B
sRGBB (r, g, b)(166, 123, 91)
HSV (h, s, v)(26°, 45%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 41, 41°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color Tuscan tan.

The first recorded use of Tuscan tan as a color name in English was in 1926.[5]

The normalized color coordinates for Tuscan tan are identical to café au lait and French beige, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1839[6] and 1927,[7] respectively.

In human culture

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Military

Sunbathing

  • When a person sunbathes to make their skin darker, they are said to be getting a tan.

United States politics

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "tan". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  2. ^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 205.
  3. ^ Crayola Sandy Tan marker
  4. ^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 49, 207. Plate 13 Color Sample G12; Color Sample of Windsor Tan
  5. ^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 49, 206. Plate 13 Color Sample C8; Color Sample of Tuscan tan
  6. ^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 47, 191. Plate 12 Color Sample A6; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait
  7. ^ Aloys John Maerz; Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 49, 195. Plate 13 Color Sample A7; Color Sample of French beige
  8. ^ http://www.csor-rosc.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp. Archived 2013-07-02 at the Wayback Machine