What's the color?

[Umeko]

One dumb question. What is the color of the Shinsengumi uniform?

It has been accepted as blue with white triangles in PMK and RK. However, a translation of the RK manga has it as blue and yellow or green and yellow! In the RK OVA, it was green & white.

Watched a Japanese samurai flick, the SSG had black uniforms with red triangles. Another version had white uniforms with red triangles.

Okay, historically, what are the colors?

[Gentatsu]

Historically I believe that the Shinsengumi wore Cyan with with triangles.

The commanders wore either black/white, white/black or red/black.

The Mimawarigumi wore black/red.

Of course all of this is a dramaticized. I have heard that the Shinsengumi did not wear their Jackets on patrol or at all. Only during Ikedaya.

I, however strongly disbelieve that. I had a vision about marching with the Shinsengumi (eventhough I was Mimawarigumi) they were all wearing Cyan/White.

In RK OVA they also wore blue or cyan whatever you want to call it.

I guess eye witnesses are what needed to tell and I am one so I say blue/white!

[Pendance]

lol i say blue white i believe i was a witness myself but im not sure wht kind of witness ^_^;

[Umeko]

Blue & white it is then. I like those colours. ;D Remind me of snow-capped mountains under a clear blue sky.