Figure 1.--The standard color for school sweaters in Britain was grey. There were other colors, but grey was by far the most common. Well over half the prep schools had grey sweaters. This of course matched the trousers which were for the most part either grey or black. |
The standard color for school sweaters in Britain was grey. There were other colors, but grey was by far the most common. Well over half the prep schools had grey sweaters. This of course matched the trousers which were for the most part either grey or black. We notice different shades of grey, but this is in part because of washing or variations among manufacturers. Even at the same school there would be variations in the grey colors. This made some of the uniforms somewhat drab. At some schools the boys were dressed completely in grey with grey sirts, grey sweaters, grey trousers, and grey socks. The only touch of color in some cases was the tie. While some schools had plain grey sweaters, but sweaters with trim in the school colors were commonly used at many schools. Usually it was the grey sweaters that had the colored trim. Often the schools insisted the boys wear the regulation sweaters with trim , but others allowed plain grey sweaters as well which normally were less expensive.
