Feldgrau
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| Hex triplet | #4D5D53 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (77, 93, 83) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (56°, 7%, 14%) |
| Source | Mindjunker |
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Feldgrau (field-grey) has been the official basic color of military uniforms of the German armed forces from the early 20th century until 1945 or 1989 respectively. However, according to the color code there was no exact scientific definition, so slightly different grey tinctures were possible. Armed forces of other countries selected slight variations or shades of that color according to the German Feldgrau. Metaphorically, feldgrau used to refer to the armies of Germany (the Imperial German Army and the Heer [en: ground forces, or army] component of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht).
Colloquially, today feldgrau means plainly the color of the German uniform, especially for World War II, but also for the East German National People's Army, under the description steingrau (stone-grey). Feldgrau was introduced to the Austrian Bundesheer in line to the German pattern as well.
By World War I the color feldgrau was a light grey-green, though there is no specific color, rather a color range of greys to browns, that was one of the first standardized uniforms suitable to the age of smokeless gunpowder.
In 1910 the so-called field-grey peace uniform (feldgraue Friedensuniform), with colored cuffs, facings, shoulder straps and gorgets was disposed by decree in Prussia, followed by all other German countries and armies, last by the Bavarian Army in April 1916. Formerly, the Germans wore a Prussian blue shade similar to that of the French Army.
Simultaneously it characterised the end of a variety of different colored uniforms in German states. With that new unique “field-grey peace uniform” the Deutsches Heer started military campaigns in World War I.
Other countries selected feldgrau as the basic color for uniforms, shoulder straps, sleeve insignia, or pieces of equipment etc. as well. So was feldgrau introduced by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1923 in line to the German pattern.
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