As promised last month, and after numerous soil-related questions, we will discuss soil color which we consider to be the second most important property for installers to recognize. Color is an important soil property because a number of other soil characteristics can be determined from it. You can use color to estimate the organic matter content in the soil. Color can be the indicator that the soil was formed under certain vegetation types or has undergone human disturbance. Many soils exhibit color inherited from the parent material from which the soil formed. All this can provide information that is important
