- Buff (colour)
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Buff is a pale
yellow -brown colour that got its name from the colour of buffaloleather .Buff (other)
Biology
* Buff is widespread in theanimal kingdom. The word buff appears in the name of severalspecies with this colour, such as theBuff-breasted Sandpiper , Buff Orpington chicken and theBuff-bellied Pipit .Clothing
* Formal or informal waistcoats are often buff-coloured for day wear, and the traditional colour for dress boot uppers is often described as buff.Construction
* Buff is a commonly used grout pigment inmasonry .Heraldry
* TheU.S. Army 's Institute of Heraldry has included "buff" as a tincture (specifically as a metal) in some of its coats of arms. This is because buff is the traditional colour of theU.S. Army Quartermaster Corps .Military
* Buff has goodcamouflage qualities in thenatural environment in dry climates wheresand andsoil are often buff-coloured. The AmericanContinental Army wore buff and blue uniforms.Ships
* The funnel colours of theWhite Star Line , owner of theRMS Titanic , were buff.Sororities
* Buff is one of the three colours of theAlpha Gamma Delta Women's Fraternity as well as one of the two colours of TheDelta Chi Fraternity.Sports
* The colours of athletic team uniforms atGallaudet University , TheGeorge Washington University ,Punahou School , located in Honolulu, Hawaii, andHamilton College in Clinton, NY are buff andblue . In the cases of George Washington University and Hamilton College (the latter named for US founding father Alexander Hamilton), the schools' colours were selected in recognition of the blue and buff colours of theContinental Army uniforms of theRevolutionary War (George Washington having been General of that army and Hamilton his Chief of Staff, and both having had a role in design of the uniforms). TheBoston Celtics of theNational Basketball Association also use this colour for theirSaint Patrick's Day jerseys.Stationery
* A buff envelope is anenvelope of this colour, used extensively in commercial mailings, and hence coming to mean any item containing commercial, rather than personal mail.Vexillology
* The flags of the United States states of Delaware and New Jersey include the colour buff.ee also
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Beige a similar colour
*Tan, a slightly darker, redder colour
*List of colours
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