Talk:Khaki
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Both this article and Khaki (color) are in the Category Colors. Any improvement to this article?? 66.245.11.4 23:39, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] de rigueur?
I'm not sure that khaki is quite "de rigueur " and two American arms are hardly good examples of "worldwide". More than a hint of Americacentricism (if there is such a word) here. Epeeist smudge 06:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure that comments on a 'greenish' colour are correct? the word itself is from an Indian word meaning earth or dust coloured and this was the common UK usage for many years
If memory serves correctly, the British military created this "color" by accident. I've read (though I cannot provide a quote) that soldiers serving in colonial India, dyed their "whites" using tea or red clay to serve as pigment, to create the khaki tint in their uniforms. Can anyone verify this?
Never mind this-or-that-centrism, the description of khaki 'in European parlance' as 'dark brown' is simply nonsense. There as everywhere else it roughly denotes a range of slightly green-tinged sand colors.
[edit] About the pronunciation...
Isn't the "k" in most dialects of English aspirated? I've changed it for now. Twin Bird 14:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] a picture would be useful
of some sort of khaki uniform such as the USN "khakis". Jon 20:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
- That should definately be on the other khaki page. elevenzeroonnechat / what i've done / email 19:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed Merge
I agree that both Khaki and its color should be merged into one post. The Khaki post has information about the color, so I think it would be better off if we merged it together. Otherwise, we would simply be having two posts about the same thing. Also, I've noticed that both entries are quite short. If we merged them into one, it would make the entry longer, and more informative. cutienemo04
Keep This is information about the Color, not the fabric. It may be relevant to both, but either put a see also, move the information to this article, or put the information in both articles. It's not going to make it unweildy, unless you consider the complete history of every article unweildy.--Nintenfreak 16:07, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Origins of Khaki
I think that a few old soldiers' tales have crept into this article. (i) The Irish origin suggested for the word "khaki" is extremely unlikely - does it need to be included at all? (ii) the British army wore grey shirts in India and elsewhere throughout most of the nineteenth century and these would not have required staining or soiling for reasons of camouflage; (iii) the Boers wore ordinary civilian or farming clothing during the First Boer War, not khaki dress.
