Cadet is a color which is applied to shirts. This color usually refers to a uniform. A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family. (From Wikipedia)
There are a lot of "sons and daughters" in this color, including the famous "German Grey". In Hitler parodies, you will see officers wearing cadet suits and the color is German grey.
A group of soldiers and officers wearing cadet suits in Downfall scene - Hitler plans scene
 Cadet from Color Wiki | |
| Possible colors | |
|---|---|
| With "Cadet" | Cadet (chir.ag), cadet (Wikipedia), cadet blue, cadet grey |
| Brother color | German grey, abacus |
| Pronunciation | |
| /kə'det/ | |
Colors and hex codes[]
 Hats too! | |
| Hex code | |
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| #A9B2C3 | |
 Cannot be sold to worldwide | |
| Hex code | |
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| #536872 | |
Cadet grey[]
Cadet suits can have different colors. We have white, grey, black and blue. Cadet grey is one of the common cadet suits. If you notice this color, it is a little bit dimmer than chir.ag Cadet. In Colorpedia, cadet grey is another color and official cadet that Colorpedia follow is the Wikipedia version.
 Cadet hat from Timberland | |
| Hex code | |
|---|---|
| #91A3B0 | |
| Pronunciation | |
| /kəˈdet greɪ/ | |
Cadet blue[]
One of the rarest cadet suits. It is not common to see blue cadet suits. Most of them doesn't contain many blue.
 Tie in cadet blue | |
| Hex code | |
|---|---|
| #5F9EA0 | |
| Pronunciation | |
| /kəˈdet blu:/ | |
German grey[]
German grey is a brother color of cadet. Since the color is so close to cadet, people might easily mix with cadet grey up. German grey is from Germany where Nazi uses this color as their main tanks and their cadet suits. This color is a popular color and people should know this color when studying war. German grey can camouflage when the atmosphere is smoky. That's why Germany uses this color as their main war color. Some people might say it as army grey.
 German's panzer, one of the greatest tank used in WWII | |
| Hex code | |
|---|---|
| #414C52 | |
| Pronunciation | |
| /'dʒə:mən greɪ/ | |
Abacus[]
Abacus is another brother color of cadet but this color is much more imaginary and unpopular. This color is from sanjeev.net. There is no sustained color of abacus because abacus can be made of different materials and no sustained color can be concluded. Thus, this color is regarded as an imaginary color.
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| Hex code | |
|---|---|
| #768993 | |
| Pronunciation | |
| /ˈæbəkəs/ | |