What are the French army colors?

Answer 1

That's like asking, how long is a rope? It depends which branch of service, what location, what rank, and what period you're talking about. In the short time between the start of WWII in September 1939 and France's surrender in June, they generally wore the same traditional colors of ther French Army as seen in WWI. In the field, they would have worn field gray/green/brown uniforms and webbing gear, like most contemporary armies. The most commonly worn army officers' service tunics were what we would call tan (think of the French Foreign Legion uniforms you've seen -- those were really just Army uniforms). However, they also wore everything from pure black to pure white versions, depending on their posting and the season of the year. Army officers' fancy parade dress uniforms would have been of the classic "French blue" color. The traditional French "kepi" style of cap would also be worn by all ranks. However...all of the above applies to the time before their surrender in June 1940 (and afterward only among the so-called "Vichi" French soldiers, who collaborated with the Germans). The non-Vichi "Free French" combatants of WWII were either partisans who worked underground doing espionage and sabotage wearing non-descript street clothes, or exiled French soldiers who found their way to Allied territory (mostly England) and later returned with the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Most all of these soldiers wore British-issue uniforms with French unit and rank insignia, so to get an idea of their uniforms all you have to do is look at the British soldiers' uniforms, and change the patches and unit insignia from British to French. That's the short answer to your question, though, as I said, there is no such thing as a complete answer to it. Eric L'Artista

Answer 2

Since France was occupied early in 1940, their army was fighting in exile and had to use US uniforms for the most part. They wore tan uniforms for summer and desert and the khaki uniforms in general. This is interesting since there were some Zouave regiments within the French army and they were wearing US uniforms. In the 1850s, the Zouave uniform was very colorful and had baggy pants and these were copied by many countries. The Zouave uniform was very popular in the US prior to the Civil War and were adopted by many State regiments and worn during the war in 1861-1865.

Answer 3

During the French and Indian War, the French army uniforms were white. The jacked, woolen breeches and linen gaiters were all white probably white was less expensive than colored cloth.

Answer 4

US: Khaki

Germans: Green, Gray

British: Generally Khaki

Soviet Union: Grey (not sure)

Answer 5

Tri-color, red, white and blue.

Answer 6

they wore brown

Answer 7

Red