The Language of Clothing

[Bruce Scott]

I would be interested in hearing members views on this subject. Something that annoys me a tad.

As a long serving soldier, in the British Army, I have always understood khaki to be the sand colour used for our uniforms since the end of the 19th century. It has continued in use up until the current time with some changes in shade.

However I notice over the last few years the term khaki is used to describe olive green or OG as we referred to it. Olive green was the colour we used for our combat uniforms prior to the introduction of camouflage material.

In the Australian Army khaki comes in at least two shades as shown below:



From the top down he is wearing a Hat, Khaki Fur Felt with a Puggaree, Khaki. His shirt is also described as khaki with which he is wearing a Necktie, Polyester Khaki and his new pattern Service Dress is also described as khaki.