The color khaki comes from the Persian word khak meaning dust, and khaki meaning dusty, dust covered or earth colored. It has been used by many armies around the world for camouflage uniforms. Most notably, khaki was used by the British Army in India in 1848. Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... An infant Cuttlefish blends into the surrounding sand substrate. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

Khaki-colored uniforms were used officially for the first time during the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-68, when Indian troops set out under the command of general Sir Robert Napier to release some British captives and to "persuade the Abyssinian King /Theodore/, forcibly if necessary, to mend his ways". (Byron Farwell, Armies of the Raj, 1989, page 75.)

"This was the first major campaign in which some of the troops wore khaki, which had been officially introduced as approved working dress in 1861. Although approval was withdrawn in 1864, many troops, particularly those who had seen active service on the North-West Frontier, continued to dye their white drill uniforms with tea leaves or other substances. Khaki ('dusty') was said to have been invented by Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-general) Harry Lumsden when, in December 1846, he founded the Corps of Guides." (Farwell, page 77.)

Nowadays, it is a standard color for semi-formal dress pants.

The name is sometimes also incorrectly used to describe a green color similar to asparagus or pale sea green, especially by the linen/textile/lingerie industries
Asparagus is a brownish shade of green that resembles the plant asparagus. ... Sea Green is a shade of green that resembles the sea floor. ...

Web color darkkhaki

Web color darkkhaki
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#BDB76B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(189, 183, 107)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(56°, 43%, 74%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color darkkhaki.^[1] Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... The RGB color model mapped to a cube (with cut-away shown) A representation of additive color mixing The RGB color model is an additive model in which red, green, and blue (often used in additive light models) are combined in various ways to reproduce other colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ...

This is the color that is called dark khaki (one of the X11 color names) in X11 because it is darker than X11 khaki (and also HTML/CSS Khaki).
In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ...

Web color khaki

Khaki
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C3B091
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(195, 176, 145)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(?°, ?%, ?%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color khaki.^[1] . Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... The RGB color model mapped to a cube (with cut-away shown) A representation of additive color mixing The RGB color model is an additive model in which red, green, and blue (often used in additive light models) are combined in various ways to reproduce other colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ...

This is the color called khaki in HTML/CSS.

This is the color generally thought of as being khaki by the average person--this is the color that one expects to see when one buys a pair of khaki pants. This is also the color designated as khaki in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, the standard for color nomenclature before the introduction of computers.

The first recorded use of khaki as a color name in English was in 1848.^[2]
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Web color lightkhaki

Web color lightkhaki
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F0E68C
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(240, 230, 140)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(54°, 41%, 94%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color lightkhaki.^[1] Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... The RGB color model mapped to a cube (with cut-away shown) A representation of additive color mixing The RGB color model is an additive model in which red, green, and blue (often used in additive light models) are combined in various ways to reproduce other colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ...

This is the color called khaki in X11. This is one of the cases where the X11 color names differs from the HTML/CSS names. See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML/CSS and X11.
In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ... In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ...

Shades of khaki color comparison chart

• Light Khaki (X11 "Khaki") (Hex: #F0E68C) (RGB: 240, 230, 140)
• Khaki (HTML/CSS) (Hex: #C3B091) (RGB: 195, 176, 145)
• Dark Khaki (X11 "Dark Khaki") (Hex: #BDB76B) (RGB: 189, 183, 107)

Khaki in human culture

• See article on khaki.

Khaki, in British or European parlance, is a type of light brown fabric with a green tinge, or the color of such fabric. ...

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b c} CSS3 Color Module, retrieved 2007-02-15
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Khaki: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample J7

See also

• List of colors
• Khaki