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Beige

Beige

Do you want to use this color in your promotional items? Here's what you should know!

Beige is a light shade of brown. It is often confused for tan, ecru, khaki, and cream. The color symbolizes trust, dependability, comfort, and simplicity.

At first glance, beige may seem uninteresting, but the color is found in life’s simplest pleasures. Biscuits, cashmere, lattes, and sugar cookies are all beige!

Examples of Beige Symbolism

Scandal

Olivia Pope on TV’s “Scandal” is tenacious, firm, and above all, dependable. As a crisis manager with her own firm, she needs to look professional and dependable to her clients. This beige coat is a symbol of those qualities.

Beige flags

Beige Flags

Over 350 million people are currently using dating apps. TikTok gave us all a way to say someone is boring or has an off-putting personality trait. They’re known as a beige flag. This color symbolizes plainness or simplicity, so if you see the flag, you know someone is kind of “meh”.

Fashion Shows

Beige is a modern, neutral color that pairs well with many other colors. For that reason, it’s popularly featured on the runways in fashion shows. The color is part of simple looks that seem more wearable to the everyday person.

Tan Vs. Beige

Tan and beige are often confused. The biggest difference is that beige is more pale with gray tones, while tan leans closer to brown. Beige is lighter in tone, whereas tan is warmer and darker. Both colors can be used as neutrals.

Colors That Go With Beige

Sometimes one color just isn’t enough! Beige works best with any of these other colors.

Beige Color Codes

HEX:

#F5F5DC

RGB:

245, 245, 220

CMYK:

0, 0, 10, 4

Pantone:

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Thread Color:

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