During World War 1 the military tried very hard to start to camouflage themselves. Khaki was the standard color used. At first they included blue embellishments, which was replaced with olive drab in 1901.
Girl Scouts changed the color of their uniforms to khaki so that they would look more like the US Army in WWII.
In both World Wars the German army wore gray, called field gray, "feldgrau". It was a good color for the foggy dark woods of Europe.green-gray
Army officers have to buy their own uniforms because they make more money than enlisted soldiers, who do not but their own uniforms.
Confederate uniforms were grey. The Union Army wore dark blue.
During World War 1 the military tried very hard to start to camouflage themselves. Khaki was the standard color used. At first they included blue embellishments, which was replaced with olive drab in 1901.
Sir Harry Lumsden introduced "khaki coloured uniforms" to the British Army.
From the Urdu language and means a dull yellowish brown colour, as in military uniforms army
Khaki is the color of U.S. army uniforms. The color begins with the letter k.
Girl Scouts changed the color of their uniforms to khaki so that they would look more like the US Army in WWII.
Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army. In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab. Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.
in 1914, the portuguese uniforms were given by the british army, so they were equal to the british army uniforms
The color of uniforms during World War 2 depended upon the military branch and the types of uniforms used in battle, for dress and the season. For instance: The Naval uniforms had white winter uniforms and black for winter. Their working clothes were dungarees (denim colored) and the officers wore khaki clothing. The Army had a dark green uniform for their dress uniform and olive drab or khaki clothing for work or battle dress. They also used camouflaged fabric for the infantry but they hated it in Europe because they were often mistaken for being a German. So they refused to use them. The Marines had dark blue dress uniforms. There clothing was similar to the Army. The Sea Bees wore khaki and green. The Coast Guard wore the same colors as the Navy. The US Air Force had not been formed yet. The fliers were part of the Navy and Army. They wore the colors of their branches. Women's uniforms were similar colored but of course they had skirts and slacks. The Nursing Uniforms were mostly white for their working outfits but the dress uniforms were either green or dark blue according to the branch the women served.
In both World Wars the German army wore gray, called field gray, "feldgrau". It was a good color for the foggy dark woods of Europe.green-gray
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The colour of uniforms for each of the armies partaking in WW I depended mainly on two criteria:firstly,the certain nation' s tradition and secondly,to which of the two coalitions (the "Entente Cordiale" and the "Central Empires" that army belonged. In somewhat broad terms,one would conclude that the armies of the German allia-nce almost from the start of the carnice,went for uniforms coloured in varying sha-des of green (for instance,the well-known "Feldgrau" uniforms of the Kaiser' s infa-ntry and the dark green uniforms of the royal Bulgarian army).On the other hand,the armies siding with the Anglo-French,being more numerous and of more differentiated geographical and historical backgrounds,only eventually ended up using the famous khaki uniforms,and even then,some of them (the French and the Romanians most no-tably) "snobbed" the certain colour (in the case of the French,possibly,because khaki was first adopted by the British colonial forces serving in the Indian sub-continent,some 25 years before 1914 (after which,other armies gradually opted for khaki,for example,the Greeks in 1906-8).
Army officers have to buy their own uniforms because they make more money than enlisted soldiers, who do not but their own uniforms.