Editing Red (section)

== Military uses ==
=== Red uniform ===
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The red military uniform was adopted by the English Parliament's [[New Model Army]] in 1645, and was still worn as a dress uniform by the British Army until the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.  Ordinary soldiers wore red coats dyed with [[Rubia|madder]], while officers wore scarlet coats dyed with the more expensive [[cochineal]].<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|168–69}} This led to British soldiers being known as [[Red coat (British army)|red coats]].

In the modern British army, scarlet is still worn by the [[Foot Guards#British Army|Foot Guards]], the [[Life Guards (British Army)|Life Guards]], and by some regimental bands or [[drum]]mers for ceremonial purposes. [[Commissioned Officer|Officers]] and [[Non-Commissioned Officer|NCOs]] of those regiments which previously wore red retain scarlet as the color of their "mess" or formal evening jackets. The [[Royal Gibraltar Regiment]] has a scarlet tunic in its winter dress.

Scarlet is worn for some full dress, military band or mess uniforms in the modern armies of a number of the countries that made up the former British Empire. These include the Australian, Jamaican, New Zealand, Fijian, Canadian, Kenyan, Ghanaian, Indian, Singaporean, Sri Lankan and Pakistani armies.<ref>{{Cite book|title=World uniforms in colour: Vol. 2: Nations of America, Africa, Asia and Oceania |last=d'Ami|first=Rinaldo|date=1968 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=London |isbn=978-0850590319 |oclc=14994}}</ref>

The musicians of the [[United States Marine Corps Band]] wear red, following an 18th-century military tradition that the uniforms of band members are the reverse of the uniforms of the other soldiers in their unit. Since the US Marine uniform is blue with red facings, the band wears the reverse.

[[Red Serge]] is the uniform of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], created in 1873 as the [[North-West Mounted Police]], and given its present name in 1920. The uniform was adapted from the tunic of the [[British Army]]. Cadets at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] also wear red dress uniforms.

The [[Brazilian Marine Corps]] wears a red dress uniform.
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Officer and Private, 40th Foot, 1815.jpg|Officer and soldier of the British Army, 1815
Garde nationale bulgare.jpg|The scarlet uniform of the [[National Guards Unit of Bulgaria]]
PlateVII Band.jpg|Musicians of the [[United States Marine Corps Band]]
RCMP officer on a horse.JPG|Officer of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]
Forma-2g.jpg|The [[Brazilian Marine Corps]] wears a dress uniform called ''A Garança''.
Indian Army-Rajput regiment.jpeg|Soldiers of the [[Rajput Regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]]
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[[NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems]] uses red to denote hostile forces, hence the terms "[[red team]]" and "[[Red Cell]]" to denote challengers during exercises.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Korkolis |first1=M. |title=APP-6 Military Symbols For Land Based Symbols |url=https://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/NATO_Symbols/APP-6.pdf |website=alternatewars.com |date=July 1986 |pages=1–4 |access-date=2018-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619134420/http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/NATO_Symbols/APP-6.pdf |archive-date=2018-06-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>