[sandebert]

Really? For me it's more beige, and I'm swedish.

[mstade]

I'm Swedish too, and grew up with the same understanding as the parent poster. Only in recent years have I understood that khaki can refer to both a military type green or sand like beige color.

[sandebert]

I asked my wife, who knows nothing about this thread, how she would describe khaki.

"Oh, beige-green, sort of."

:-)

[gerikson]

Swede here. I asked my wife too, her reply is that the color "khaki" is a shade of green - "khakigrönt". But the specific style of pants - "khakibyxor" - are generally beige.

[mongol]

According to NE thesaurus:

"ljus, gul-brun-grå färg som påminner om (väg)damm el. sand: kakifärgad HIST.: sedan 1904"