{{Short description|Shade of grey}} {{infobox color |title=Cadet grey |hex=91A3B0 |source=ISCC-NBS<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220449/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-11-22 |title=ISCC-NBS |website=tx4.us}}</ref> |isccname=Grayish blue}}
'''Cadet grey''' (also spelled '''gray''' in American English) is a somewhat blue-greyish shade of the colour grey. The first recorded use of ''cadet grey'' as a colour name in English was in 1912.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cadet Grey: Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample C4</ref>{{inconsistent}} Before 1912, the phrase ''cadet grey'' was used as a name for a type of military issue uniform.
==Variations== ===Space cadet=== {{infobox color |title=Space cadet |hex=1E2952 |source=Resene<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/preview.php?chart=Resene+Multi-finish+range+(2016)&brand=Resene&name=Space+Cadet|title=Colour Swatch|website=Resene Swatches}}</ref> |isccname=Dark blue}}
''Space cadet'' is one of the colours on the Resene Colour List,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/|title=Resene Paints - Over 6000 Colour Swatches To View & Download|website=www.resene.co.nz}}</ref> a colour list popular in Australia and New Zealand. The colour "space cadet" was formulated in 2007. {{Clear}}
===Cadet blue=== {{infobox color |title=Cadet blue |hex=5F9EA0 |source=X11 |isccname=Light bluish green}}
The first recorded use of ''cadet blue'' as a colour name in English was in 1892.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cadet Blue: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A9</ref>
In 1987, cadet blue was formulated as one of the X11 colours, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colours. {{Clear}}
===Cadet=== {{infobox color |title=Cadet |hex=536872 |isccname=Grayish blue}}
The first recorded use of ''cadet'' as a colour name in English was in 1915.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Cadet: Page 115 Plate 46 Color Sample A6</ref> {{Clear}}
== Military use == {{Globalize|section|US-centric section|date=July 2025}} thumb|upright|125px|Uniform of a Confederate artillery corporal The name ''cadet grey'' stems from its use in uniforms of the United States Army, in particular, cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
Both armies in the American Civil War initially included uniforms in the colour, including the 7th New York Militia,<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lM6xvPMymsQC&pg=PA45 |title= Mr. Lincoln Goes to War |first= William |last= Marvel |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year= 2007 |isbn= 978-0-618-87241-1}}</ref> but it was primarily identified with those of the Confederate States of America. By 1863, all troops were asked to obey the Regulations for the Confederate States Army and have cadet grey uniforms.<ref>{{cite book |last= Miller |first= David |title= Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment of the Civil War |location = London |publisher = Salamander Books |year = 2001 |isbn = 1-84065-257-8 |pages= 118–120}}</ref> The lack of a formal uniform at the beginning of the war, with some Confederates wearing blue and some Union state militias still wearing grey, caused significant confusion for both sides in the First Battle of Bull Run.
Cadet grey was previously chosen for the Army of the Republic of Texas in 1835 and 1840.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sdHQPYcfj48C&pg=PA997 |title= The Laws of Texas 1822–1897 |first= James W. |last= Robinson |publisher= The Lawbook Exchange |year= 2004 |location= Texas |isbn= 1-58477-416-9 |page= 997}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hKYso5ermhQC&pg=PA46 |title= The Texan Army 1835-46 |first1= Stuart |last1= Reid |first2= Richard |last2= Hook |publisher= Osprey Publishing |year= 2003 |isbn= 1-84176-593-7 |page= 46}}</ref>
Under the name "pike grey" (''Hechtgrau'') this colour distinguished the jäger regiments of the Austrian (and subsequently Austro-Hungarian) armies from the 18th century until 1915.<ref>{{cite book |last= Haythornthwaite |first= Philip |title= Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1): Infantry |location = London |publisher = Osprey |year = 1986 |isbn = 0-85045-689-4 |pages= 35–36}}</ref> In 1908 it was adopted as the universal colour of the new field service uniform for the army as a whole.<ref>{{cite book |last= Jung |first= Peter |title= The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (1) |url= https://archive.org/details/austrohungarianf01jung |url-access= limited |location = London |publisher = Osprey |year = 2003 |isbn = 1-84176-594-5 |page= [https://archive.org/details/austrohungarianf01jung/page/n10 16]}}</ref>
==See also== * Uniforms of the Confederate States military forces * List of colours
== References == {{reflist|2}}
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