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owing to the fact that a boiled American lobster is always bright red and near perfect match to the colour of the late 18th century uniform.

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Red coat, also referred to as redcoat or scarlet tunic, is a military garment formerly much used by British infantry servicemen, so customarily that the term became a common synecdoche for the servicemen themselves. Barthorp, Michael (1982). British Infantry Uniforms Since 1660. Blandford Press. ISBN 978-1-85079-009-9.Atkinson, Charles Francis (1911). " Fronde, The". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.11 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. p.248. Red uniforms in non-Commonwealth armed forces [ edit ] Officer's uniform for the Royal Foot Guards of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1732. There had been instances of red military clothing pre-dating its general adoption by the New Model Army. The uniforms of the Yeomen of the Guard and the Yeomen Warders, both formed in 1485, have traditionally been in Tudor red and gold. [6] The Gentlemen Pensioners of King James I wore red uniforms with yellow feathers in their hats. [7] At the Battle of Edgehill, the first battle of the English Civil War, Royalist troops wore red coats, as did at least two Parliamentary regiments. [8] However, none of these examples constituted the national uniform that the red coat was later to become. [9] 16th century [ edit ] Red coats worn by Williamite forces during the Williamite War in Ireland. Irish commentators referred to soldiers of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as "red coats" as early as 1561. During the English Civil War red dyes were imported in large quantities for use by units and individuals of both sides, though this was the beginning of the trend for long overcoats. The ready availability of red pigment made it popular for military clothing, and the dying process required for red involved only one stage. Other colours required the mixing of dyes in two stages and accordingly involved greater expense; blue, for example, could be obtained with woad, but more popularly it became the much more expensive indigo. In financial terms the only cheaper alternative was the grey-white of undyed wool—an option favoured by the French, Austrian, Spanish and other Continental armies. [66] The formation of the first English standing army ( Parliamentarian New Model Army in 1645) saw red clothing as the standard dress. As Carman comments, "The red coat was now firmly established as the sign of an Englishman." [67] The rise of rifles and smokeless powder led the scarlet tunic to be phased out of combat in the late-19th century in favour of drab uniforms.

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Several military units continue to use a red-coloured coat as a part of their ceremonial uniform. In Europe, red-coloured coats are still used by the Danish Royal Life Guards, [83] and the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene of the Royal Netherlands Army. The latter unit's red-coloured tunics are derived from British style red coats, in commemoration of the unit's foundation in exile in the United Kingdom during World War II. [84] Several South American units continue to wear red-coloured coats for ceremonial purposes, including the Brazilian Marine Corps, and the Bolivian Colorados Regiment ( colorados meaning red in the Spanish language). Several Venezuelan Army units also use a red-coloured coat as a part of their parade uniforms, including the Presidential Honor Guard, [85] the Compañia de Honor "24 de Junio" (Company of Honor " 24 de Junio") [86] and the Bolivarian Militia of Venezuela. [87] [88]

Walton, Clifford Elliot (1894). History of the British Standing Army. A.D. 1660 to 1700. Harrison and Sons. p. 362. ISBN 9785879426748. Regulation for the Uniform Cloathing of the Marching Regiments of Foot", reproduced in Edwards, T J (1953). Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces. Aldershot: Gale & Polden. pp.191–193. No part of the Cloathing or Ornaments of the Regiments to be altered, after the following Regulations are put into execution by His Majesty's permission.