Colors of UAE Soils

Deserts of the United Arab Emirates are decorated with diversified colors of sand of various composition, iron rich (red), calcium carbonates rich (white), gabro (greenish grey). Scientifically soil color can be measured by determining three parameters, Hue (a measure of the chromatic composition of light that reaches the eye); Value - indicates the degree of lightness or darkness of a color in relation to a neutral grey color; Chroma - relative purity or strength of the spectra color. Once soil color is reported using Munsell color system, globally everybody understands about the type of soil and can also trace soil formation history.