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We have only limited information on the color of overalls at this time. It is, however, a topic we are working on. The original overalls were made of canvas sheeting that presumably means an off whire. Blue denim soon followed and became stromgly associated with overalls. There was also black denim. Striped overalls associate with the railways subsequenly appeared (1890s). We are not sure what colors the Koveralls of the 1910s were made. They may have been done in stripes to destinguish them from the overalls factory workers wore. Railroad worker striped overalls seems to have been more acceptable. The practicality for workmen was the same that made bib-fronts practical for children. But Levi Straus did not think mothers wanted to dress kids like workers. Here we see boys wearing colored striped bib-overlls. I wore similar bib overalls, but I think mine were black and white. Eventually we see color choices as well. Brigter colors appeared, we think, after Worldwar II. Dennis the Menace was famous for red overalls. The overalls that appeared for younger children in the 1980s began to appear in a wider range of bright colors that appealed to young children. The overalls that older boys started wearing in the 1990s, however, were blue denim or other plain colors, commonly blue.
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