Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Khaki (UK /ˈkɑːkiː/, Canada and US /ˈkækiː/) is a color, a light shade of yellow-brown similar to tan or beige. Khaki is a loanword incorporated from Hindustani ख़ाकी and Urdu خاکی (both meaning "soil-colored") and is originally derived from the Persian: خاکی [xɒːˈkiː] (khâk, literally meaning "soil"), which came to English from British India via the British Indian Army. It has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage. It has been used as a color name in English since 1848 when it was first introduced as a military uniform (see below), and was called both drab and khaki - khaki being a translation of the English drab light-brown color.In Western fashion, it is a standard color for smart casual dress trousers for civilians.However, the name is sometimes also used to describe a drab green color[citation needed]. In the mid-twentieth century as many Western militaries adopted an olive drab instead of the older, more brownish khaki, the two color names became associated with each other[citation needed].. }
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- Khaki abstract "Khaki (UK /ˈkɑːkiː/, Canada and US /ˈkækiː/) is a color, a light shade of yellow-brown similar to tan or beige. Khaki is a loanword incorporated from Hindustani ख़ाकी and Urdu خاکی (both meaning "soil-colored") and is originally derived from the Persian: خاکی [xɒːˈkiː] (khâk, literally meaning "soil"), which came to English from British India via the British Indian Army. It has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage. It has been used as a color name in English since 1848 when it was first introduced as a military uniform (see below), and was called both drab and khaki - khaki being a translation of the English drab light-brown color.In Western fashion, it is a standard color for smart casual dress trousers for civilians.However, the name is sometimes also used to describe a drab green color[citation needed]. In the mid-twentieth century as many Western militaries adopted an olive drab instead of the older, more brownish khaki, the two color names became associated with each other[citation needed].".