Tan (color)

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

Sandy tan

Sandy Tan
 
About these coordinates     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)

Tan
 
About these coordinates     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

Windsor Tan
 
About these coordinates     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

Tuscan Tan
 
About these coordinates     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

Military

Sunbathing

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

See also

References

  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
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