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Buff

Buff is a common color in many areas. As the colour has good camouflage qualities in the natural environment in dry climates where sand and soil are often buff-coloured, it is also widespread in the animal kingdom. The word buff appears in the name of several species with this color, such as the Buff-breasted Sandpiper and the Buff-bellied Pipit.The flags of the United States states of Delaware and New Jersey include the colour buff.The U.S. Army's Institute of Heraldry has, innovatively, included buff as a tincture in some of its coats of arms. This is because buff is the traditional color of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.The colors of athletic team uniforms at George Washington University and Hamilton College are buff and blue.Buff is a commonly used grout pigment in masonry.

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