text: Beginning in the 1920s , the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also used not only for pale yellow colors , but also for a wide range of pale brown shades , some of more notable of which are shown below .
simplified: In the 1920s , the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also used for not only for pale yellows but also for a wide range of pale brown shades .