Meaning of cadet grey | Babel Free

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A bluish shade of grey, similar to cadet blue.

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“Moreover, according to uniform historian Fred Adolphus, Confederate cadet grey may never have been as blue or as irregular as the shade reenactors have tried to recapture, based on a comparison of reproduction cloth with museum-conserved uniforms.”

“The company marched ahead of the Valley Forge Military Academy and College Regimental Band. Wrapped in cadet grey jackets, snare drummers played in harmony with bass saxophonists. Not even the breeze could make the red tassles sway atop their black and gold hats as they marched up Fifth Avenue.”

“And Lottie Moss looked every inch the party girl as she headed for a night out with her actor pal Daniel Mickelson in West Hollywood on Sunday. The 21-year-old showed off her incredible figure in a cadet grey bodycon dress as she strutted to Delilah restaurant.”

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