Back Color contrastant Catalan Abzeichenfarbe German Couleur distinctive French צבע מכפלת HE Cor de revestimento Portuguese
A facing colour, also known as facings, is a common tailoring technique for European military uniforms where the visible inside lining of a standard military jacket, coat or tunic is of a different colour to that of the garment itself.[1][2] The jacket lining evolved to be of different coloured material, then of specific hues. Accordingly, when the material was turned back on itself: the cuffs, lapels and tails of the jacket exposed the contrasting colours of the lining or facings, enabling ready visual distinction of different units: regiments, divisions or battalions each with their own specific and prominent colours. The use of distinctive facings for individual regiments was at its most popular in 18th century armies, but standardisation within infantry branches became more common during and after the Napoleonic Wars.[2][3][4]
- ^ Otto Von Pivka, Michael Roffe, Richard Hook, G. A. (Gerry A.) Embleton, Bryan Fosten, Napoleon's German allies, Osprey Publishing: 1980, ISBN 0-85045-373-9, 48 pages
- ^ a b René Chartrand, William Younghusband, Bill Younghusband, Gerry Embleton Spanish Army of the Napoleonic wars, Osprey Publishing: 1998, ISBN 1-85532-763-5, 48 pages
- ^ Hugh Chisholm, The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information Volume 27, "Uniforms", At the University press: 1911, pp: 584-593
- ^ http://www.napoleonguide.com/infantry_austface.™[permanent dead link]