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

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

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Chestnut oak bark, formerly used in tanning

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

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Variations of tan

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Sandy tan

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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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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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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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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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In human culture

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Sunbathing

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

United States politics

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