Buff is a traditional European military uniform colour.
Buff has good camouflage qualities as sand, soil, and dry vegetation are buff in many areas.
The term buff coat refers to a part of 17th-century European military uniforms.
Such coats were intended to protect the wearer, and the strongest and finest leathers tend to be buff, so the term "buff coats" came to refer to all such coats, even if the colour varied.
Buff is a traditional European military uniform colour. Buff has good camouflage qualities as sand, soil, and dry vegetation are buff in many areas. The term buff coat refers to a part of 17th-century European military uniforms. Such coats were intended to protect the wearer, and the strongest and finest leathers tend to be buff, so the term "buff coats" came to refer to all such coats, even if the colour varied.
Buff (colour)