beige

Columbo’s iconic, well-worn beige raincoat.

In a sea of gray, white and beige storage tanks within the Phillips 66 oil refinery complex in the city of Wilmington, one stands out from the rest with its orange body and toothy grin.

“It’s like a rainbow of beige.”

Beige culture has a unique set of like values, complexities that Black America and white America do not fully understand, that is such a rich vein for comedy.

I would have called it moss green myself, but at least it wasn’t beige by another name.