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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 beginning in 1848.

Khaki-colored uniforms were used officially by British troops 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 Although approval was withdrawn in 1864, many troops, particularly those who had seen active service on the North-West Frontier (Pakistan), continued to dye their white drill uniforms with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 used to describe a green color similar to asparagus or pale sea green, especially by the linen/textile/lingerie industries.

Contents 1 Web color dark khaki 2 Web color khaki 3 Web color light khaki 4 Khaki in human culture 5 Reference 6 See also

Web color dark khaki
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#BDB76B
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(189, 183, 107)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(56°, 43%, 74%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color dark khaki.^[1]

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).

Khaki
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C3B091
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(195, 176, 145)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(37°, 26%, 76%)
Source		HTML/CSS[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color khaki.^[1] .

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.^[3]

Web color light khaki
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F0E68C
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(240, 230, 140)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(54°, 41%, 94%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color light khaki.^[1]

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.

• See article on khaki.

1. ^ ^{a b c} CSS3 Color Module, retrieved 2007-02-15
2. ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
3. ^ 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

• List of colors
• Khaki

					Shades of brown
Auburn	Bistre	Brown	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Copper	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre
Pale brown	Raw Umber	Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Wheat	Zinnwaldite	Fallow	Bole
Taupe	Medium Taupe	Pale Taupe	Dark Khaki	Khaki	Light Khaki	Sandy Taupe	Ecru	Beige

					Shades of yellow
Amber	Apricot	Beige	Buff	Chartreuse yellow	Corn	Cream	Dark Goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Golden	Goldenrod	Golden poppy	Golden yellow
Green-yellow	Khaki	Lemon	Lemon Chiffon	Lime	Metallic Gold	Mustard	Navajo white	Old Gold	Olive	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow
Selective yellow	Tangerine yellow	Yellow