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We know that the standard colors were white and blue. This follow from from the colors of actual naval uniforms. Of course we can tell from the black and white photographs that white was an important color. White is easy to identify. A sightly off white could a very light color, but with England these white-looking suits were almost always white. The white suits were usually done with blue trim and added blue or black scarf. The dark colors are a little more complicated. We know that blue was a major color used in sailor suits because they were primarily based on naval uniforms. Of course blue and white would be the predominant colors. The dark colors we see thus almost certainly means navy blue, meaning dark blue. It is impossible, however, to differentiate navy blue from black and other dark colors in old photographs. For sailor suits we are probably safe in assuming a dark color meant navy blue. With other outfits such as Fauntleroy suits, we are less safe because the suits were made in several dark colors. We note black being used in some countries for sailor outfits. And it is impossible to differentiate navy blue from black in these old photographs. We are not sure about Britain. We think back sailor suits were rare, but we cannot yet confirm this. We do note lighter blues being used in the sailor trim as we see here (figure 1).
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