Khaki
Khaki in British or Europen parlance is a type of green tinged brown fabric, or the color of such fabric. The name comes from the Urdu language khak meaning earth-colored or dust colored. The original khaki fabric is a closely twilled cloth of linen or cotton.
- Brigadier Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden began the use of Khaki for British Army regiments serving under him in India in 1848. All British troops in India adopted khaki in 1885 having previously used white as the tropical colour. The Boers used khaki clothing as camouflage in the first Boer War; in the second Boer War the British did as well.
- The United States Army adoped khaki, where it means a greenish tan or a sand, during the Spanish American War . It continues to be used by militaries mostly the United States Navy and The United States Marines, but has also spread to civilian clothing.