Cadet grey

Cadet Grey

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #91A3B0
RGBB (r, g, b) (145, 163, 176)
HSV (h, s, v) (205°, 18%, 69[1]%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cadet grey (sometimes spelled cadet gray in parts of the United States) is a shade of the color grey. The first recorded use of cadet grey as a color name in English was in 1912.[2] Before 1912, the word cadet grey was used as a name for a type of military issue uniforms.

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Variations

Cadet blue

Cadet Blue

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #5F9EA0
RGBB (r, g, b) (95, 158, 160)
HSV (h, s, v) (182°, 41%, 63[3]%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the bluish-grey web color cadet blue.

The first recorded use of cadet blue as a color name in English was in 1892.[4]

In 1987, cadet blue was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.

Cadet

Cadet

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #536878
RGBB (r, g, b) (83, 104, 120)
HSV (h, s, v) (206°, 31%, 47[5]%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color cadet, a dark shade of cadet grey.

The first recorded use of cadet as a color name in English was in 1915.[6]

Military use

The name cadet grey stems from its use in uniforms of the United States military, in particular, cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Both armies in the American Civil War initially included uniforms in the color, including the 7th New York Militia,[7] but it was primarily identified with those of the Confederate States of America. By 1863, all troops were asked to obey the Regulations for the Confederate States Army and have cadet grey uniforms.[8]

Cadet grey had previously been named the color chosen for the army of the Republic of Texas in 1835 and 1840.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #91A3B0 (Cadet Grey):
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cadet Grey: Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample C4
  3. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #5F9EA0 (Cadet Blue):
  4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cadet Blue: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A9
  5. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #5F536878 (Cadet):
  6. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cadet: Page 115 Plate 46 Color Sample A6
  7. ^ Marvel, William (2007). Mr. Lincoln Goes to War. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0618872418. http://books.google.com/books?id=lM6xvPMymsQC&pg=PA45. 
  8. ^ Miller, David (2001). Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment of the Civil War. London: Salamander Books. pp. 118–120. ISBN 1840652578. 
  9. ^ Robinson, James W. (2004). The Laws of Texas 1822-1897. Texas: The Lawbook Exchange. p. 997. ISBN 1584774169. http://books.google.com/books?id=sdHQPYcfj48C&pg=PA997. 
  10. ^ Reid, Stuart; Hook, Richard (2003). The Texan Army 1835-46. Osprey Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 1841765937. http://books.google.com/books?id=hKYso5ermhQC&pg=PA46. 

See also

Shades of grey
Grey Ash grey Battleship grey Black Cadet grey Charcoal Cool grey Davy's grey Payne's grey Silver
                   
Slate grey Taupe Purple taupe Medium taupe Rose quartz Taupe grey Timberwolf White
               
The samples shown above are only indicative.