Difference between DE and FDE?

[murph]

I've been seeing items on the internet listed as being coloured 'Dark Earth' and others being called 'Flat Dark Earth'. Might be a bit of a daft question but I was just wondering if there was a difference between the two? Anyway, hoping someone could help clear this up for me?

 

Cheers in advance

[Ian_Gere]

"Flat" means very non-reflective, more so than standard matte.

[Baz JJ]

Everybody knows that the earth is flat !