khaki

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khaki, khakikangas A dull, yellowish-brown color colour, the colour of dust.
1899, Rudyard Kipling, The Absent-Minded Beggar

When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen",When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth;Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourineFor a gentleman in khaki ordered South?

(color panel)

The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.

At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be considered the basis of the later olive drab color.

In these notes we have used the British rather than the US terms for colours: i.e. 'khaki' here means the drab brown - US 'olive drab' - used for woolen uniforms and 'khaki drill' for the pale yellowish tan - US 'khaki' - used for lightweight summer/tropical dress.

The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.