| Textshade: | black |
| Tan | |
| Hex: | D2B48C |
| Source: | X11 |
| Variations: | true |
| Variation1: | Dark Tan |
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| Isccname: | Grayish yellow |
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.__TOC__
| Sandy Tan | |
| Hex: | FDD9B5 |
| Source: | Crayola[3] |
| Isccname: | Pale orange yellow |
Displayed at right is the color Sandy tan.
This color was formulated by Crayola in 2000 as a Crayola marker color.
| Tan | |
| Hex: | FAA76C |
| Source: | Crayola |
| Isccname: | Moderate orange |
Displayed at right is the orangish tone of tan called tan since 1958 in Crayola crayons and 1990 in Crayola markers.
| Windsor Tan | |
| Hex: | AE6838 |
| Source: | ISCC-NBS |
| Isccname: | Strong brown |
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]
See main article: Tuscan red.
| Tuscan Tan | |
| Hex: | A67B5B |
| Source: | ISCC-NBS |
| Isccname: | Light brown |
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.
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