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Examples of khaki
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Donna Karan's dresses featured drape fabrics, mostly in hues of khaki and olive.
From the washingtonpost.com
Instead he opted for a turban, a fake beard, long khaki robes and a bullet belt.
From the independent.co.uk
Early helmets were painted blue for French troops and khaki for colonial forces.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He is also described as slender, wearing khaki shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.
From the denverpost.com
Opt for military-inspired tones of khaki, camel and pale grey for off-duty style.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
The male was wearing a black T-shirt with a cross on the back and khaki shorts.
From the news-journalonline.com
There were new uniform-worthy khaki pants for boys, with a slight tear, for $2.
From the tennessean.com
One was clearly a Hezbollah fighter, wore a khaki cap and held a walkie-talkie.
From the fresnobee.com
Foundation shades are based on the earthy shades of the iconic khaki trench coat.
From the sacbee.com
- Of a yellowish brown color
- (khakis) a military uniform made of khaki fabric
- Khaki (UK /u02C8ku0251u02D0kiu02D0/, Canada and US /u02C8ku00E6kiu02D0/) is a color, a light shade of yellow-brown. Khaki is a loanword incorporated from Hindustani (Urdu or Hindi) u0916u093Cu093Eu0915u0940/u062Eu0627u06A9u06CC (meaning "soil-colored") and is originally derived from the Persian: u062Eu0627u06A9 (Khu00E2k, literally meaning "soil"), which came to English from British India via the British Indian Army.
- The name of the color khaki coined in British India comes from the Hindustani language (itself a borrowed form of the Persian and Lurish word khak meaning dust), meaning "dusty, dust covered or earth colored." It has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage. ...
- A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust; sometimes confusingly used as an abbreviation of khaki green; a strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military uniforms, used as a school uniform color; being dust-coloured
- (Khakis) Durable, tan-colored clothing which has become the standard uniform of the Rangers. Not to be confused with the ubiquitous tan-colored GAP clothing worn by business-casual office drones the world over.
- (Khakis) Class A unform consisting of tan colored shirt and pants optionally worn during warm weather. Usually starched. Although formerly common, khakis are no longer used in the US Army.
- (khakis) the summer service uniform, usually with a short sleeve shirt and no coat or tie.
- A yellowish earth tone color, also a rugged twill weave fabric, often in the same dusty brown color. First named and utilized in 1848 by English soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.
