Talk:Khaki

Both this article and Khaki (color) are in the Category Colors. Any improvement to this article?? 66.245.11.4 23:39, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

de rigueur?

I'm not sure that khaki is quite "de rigueur " and two American arms are hardly good examples of "worldwide". More than a hint of Americacentricism (if there is such a word) here. Epeeist smudge 06:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure that comments on a 'greenish' colour are correct? the word itself is from an Indian word meaning earth or dust coloured and this was the common UK usage for many years

If memory serves correctly, the British military created this "color" by accident. I've read (though I cannot provide a quote) that soldiers serving in colonial India, dyed their "whites" using tea or red clay to serve as pigment, to create the khaki tint in their uniforms. Can anyone verify this?

Never mind this-or-that-centrism, the description of khaki 'in Eurpean parlance' as 'dark brown' is simply nonsense. There as everywhere else it roughly denotes a range of slightly green-tinged sand colors.

In Western Canada khaki is pronounced as kär-ki as in ignition key. Source, my father, Oxford Dictionary of Canadian English, Websters. --74.127.239.29 (talk) 01:47, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

About the pronunciation...

Isn't the "k" in most dialects of English aspirated? I've changed it for now. Twin Bird 14:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Don't think so :) elevenzeroonne^{chat / what i've done / email} 19:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

a picture would be useful

of some sort of khaki uniform such as the USN "khakis". Jon 20:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

That should definately be on the other khaki page. elevenzeroonne^{chat / what i've done / email} 19:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

In Western Canada khaki is pronounced as kär-ki as in ignition key. Source, my father, Oxford Dictionary of Canadian English, Websters--74.127.239.29 (talk) 01:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Merge

I agree that both Khaki and its color should be merged into one post. The Khaki post has information about the color, so I think it would be better off if we merged it together. Otherwise, we would simply be having two posts about the same thing. Also, I've noticed that both entries are quite short. If we merged them into one, it would make the entry longer, and more informative. cutienemo04

Keep This is information about the Color, not the fabric. It may be relevant to both, but either put a see also, move the information to this article, or put the information in both articles. It's not going to make it unweildy, unless you consider the complete history of every article unweildy.--Nintenfreak 16:07, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Origins of Khaki

I think that a few old soldiers' tales have crept into this article. (i) The Irish origin suggested for the word "khaki" is extremely unlikely - does it need to be included at all? (ii) the British army wore grey shirts in India and elsewhere throughout most of the nineteenth century and these would not have required staining or soiling for reasons of camouflage; (iii) the Boers wore ordinary civilian or farming clothing during the First Boer War, not khaki dress.

The origin of khaki among the Guides regiment of the north-west frontier is well-attested. They were a special unit devoted to irregular warfare and found the standard British red coat of the time unsuitable, instead adopting the mud coloured coat as a form of camouflage.Cavort (talk) 07:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation

In many parts of the US and Canada (especially) it is pronounced with a faint "r" like "kharki" but still spelled the same. I personally say it this way but I'm not good with pronunciation notation. Could somebody add this? It is also referenced in Canadian English. The Person Who Is Strange 00:15, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Germans not wearing khakis?

I was shocked when I read this site: [1]. ATTENTION GERMAN WIKIPEDIANS: do Germans really don't wear khakis? Please confirm. I had just posted on my blog if there is any Hitler or East German connection with khakis. This blogger might've looked like stupid when he wore his khakis one day. Chitetskoy (talk) 20:45, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing here on material or weave

Khaki is not a separate material. My dictionary gives: "a textile fabric of a dull brownish-yellow color, in particular a strong cotton fabric used in military clothing." So khaki = cotton pure and simple, in line with its Indian origin. The outside references below do not say a word on the material used. I strongly suggest to take out any and all reference to khaki as a material: British khaki uniforms in WWII and later were made of wool; khaki army shirts are normal cotton shirts (I wore them in the RNLA) ; khaki slacks can be purely synthetic. If one wants to make khaki a material, please give evidence. This article does nothing of the sort. and should be considered a mistake.

VNCCC (talk) 00:56, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Pants/Trousers

Throughout the article one finds this: "pants/trousers". Is there some (clever?) reason for this? 188.155.160.78 (talk) 15:49, 22 October 2011 (UTC)