Color Names

Base Sand

Foundation beige, the plain stuff underfoot, not the dunes.

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Base Sand is a muted brown, close to beige.

It can be described as muted, mellow, dull and soft.

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Base Sand

Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is usually defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized particles by mass.

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Desert sand (color)

Desert sand is a very light and very weakly saturated reddish yellow color which corresponds specifically to the coloration of sand. It may also be regarded as a deep tone of beige.

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base

Noun

  1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

Verb

  1. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
  2. To be located (at a particular place).
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sand

Noun

  1. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Adjective

  1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
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