cadet grey

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|title=Space Cadet

|hex=1E2952

|source=Resene{{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}}

|isccname=Dark blue}}

Displayed at right is the colour space cadet.

Space cadet is one of the colours on the Resene Colour List,{{Cite web|url=https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/|title=Resene Paints - Over 6000 Colour Swatches To View & Download|website=www.resene.co.nz}} a colour list popular in Australia and New Zealand. The colour "space cadet" was formulated in 2007.

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{{infobox color

|title=Cadet Blue

|hex=5F9EA0

|source=X11

|isccname=Light bluish green}}

Displayed at right is the greyish blue web colour cadet blue.

The first recorded use of cadet blue as a colour name in English was in 1892.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

In 1987, cadet blue was formulated as one of the X11 colours, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colours.

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{{infobox color

|title=Cadet

|hex=536872

|isccname=Grayish blue}}

Displayed at right is the colour cadet, a dark shade of cadet grey.

The first recorded use of cadet as a colour name in English was in 1915.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

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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.

Both armies in the American Civil War initially included uniforms in the colour, including the 7th New York Militia,{{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}} 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.{{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}} The lack of a formal uniform at the beginning of the war, with some Confederates wearing blue and some U.S.-allied state militias still wearing grey, caused significant confusion for both sides in the First Battle of Manassas.

Cadet grey was previously chosen for the Army of the Republic of Texas in 1835 and 1840.{{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}}{{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}}

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.{{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}} In 1908 it was adopted as the universal colour of the new field service uniform for the army as a whole.{{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]}}

• Uniforms of the Confederate States military forces
• List of colours

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