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Tan (color)

 

Tan (color)


Tan is a brownish, tawny color. The name is derived from tannum, or crushed oak bark, that is used in the process for tanning leather. The resulting process often produces a hide with a 'tan' hue. The name first originated around 1550 in English literature.

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