Though most people dream about a white sand beach, that's not the only color beaches come in. Across the world are beaches filled with bright purple, pink, red, green, black, orange, and white sands.

Most beaches have sand that’s pale, soft, and familiar. But some beaches stand out because of their sand color.

Beaches are supposed to be golden. But when Mother Nature decides to show off, she gives us pink sand beaches. With their rosy hues and breathtaking backdrops, these rare coastlines are found in only ...

I think that there are many "white" and "brown" colors that are imaged from the sandy beach, but the world seems to have a beach made up of slightly different colored sand such as "red" and "green".

Everyone daydreams about white sand beaches. But white sand beaches are nothing special next to these incredibly colorful shorelines. Sand, after all, is just itty bitty pieces of broken down rock.

Fluorescent-colored sand sprinkled on San Diego County beaches could help reveal the complicated patterns of erosion that plague the region’s coastline. A so-called “tracer study” would use ...