Cowboy Uniforms. Why the green pants?

[jsalavar]

I've been on this soap box for years, even asking Jerry Jones the question on The Ticket six or seven years ago. Why are the pants green? Jones' response was "the reason they look green..."

Well, Jerry, if they look green they are green!

The Cowboy colors are navy blue and silver yet when they wear their white jerseys, they have green pants and royal blue socks (and numbers). Why can't they just wear the same pants/socks they wear with the blue jerseys?

The green and royal blue is a bad look.

 

[Rampage]

huh? you going color-blind son?

 

[cowboys#1]

i think your illustration is not accurate. they're not that green.
never change a classic

 

[jsalavar]

 

[superpunk]

I want this no-face character dead, and I want Tracy dead!

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

Our "home" pants look more bluish-silver than green, IMO...

 

[jsalavar]

huh? you going color-blind son?

Do these pants look silver to you?

 

[jsalavar]

i think your illustration is not accurate. they're not that green.
never change a classic

I agree about not changing a classic but compare today's pants with those worn by the Cowboys in the '70's. Big difference.

 

[cowboys#1]

Do these pants look silver to you?

more silver than green. but i see your point. are you complaining about the best uni's in football?? my god.

 

[Hostile]

Do these pants look silver to you?

In a word, yes. A shade of silver. I wish the blue on the jersey matched the helmet. I think the blue away jerseys are great and the home whites ought to be a mirror of them.

 

[Jay-D]

This is the most irrelevant thread EVER.

 

[dcowboysfan76]

I've been on this soap box for years, even asking Jerry Jones the question on The Ticket six or seven years ago. Why are the pants green? Jones' response was "the reason they look green..."

Well, Jerry, if they look green they are green!

The Cowboy colors are navy blue and silver yet when they wear their white jerseys, they have green pants and royal blue socks (and numbers). Why can't they just wear the same pants/socks they wear with the blue jerseys?

The green and royal blue is a bad look.

Marijuana is green....if its dried up it looks brown "the little smiley is green also"......see------>

 

[Doomsday101]

I've been on this soap box for years, even asking Jerry Jones the question on The Ticket six or seven years ago. Why are the pants green? Jones' response was "the reason they look green..."

Well, Jerry, if they look green they are green!

The Cowboy colors are navy blue and silver yet when they wear their white jerseys, they have green pants and royal blue socks (and numbers). Why can't they just wear the same pants/socks they wear with the blue jerseys?

The green and royal blue is a bad look.

The color is more of a silver blue not green

 

[jsalavar]

In a word, yes. A shade of silver. I wish the blue on the jersey matched the helmet. I think the blue away jerseys are great and the home whites ought to be a mirror of them.

Amen to that!

 

[jsalavar]

The color is more of a silver blue not green

If I took that illustration (or the photo posted above) up to Home Depot and matched against paint chips, I bet it would line up with "seafoam green" family more than the silver family.

 

[Doomsday101]

If I took that illustration (or the photo posted above) up to Home Depot and matched against paint chips, I bet it would line up with "seafoam green" family more than the silver family.

But the animated picture and the photo are not exactly the same.

 

[DWhite Fan]

That pant color goes back before Jerry. The color first appeared in the 80's right after Tex changed the road blue jersey, maybe 81 or 82. I don't think the Cowboys intended the blue/silver color to have a green tinge, but under certain lighting conditions it does have a green hugh, especially when the Cowboys play a night game on a grass field. If you can find them, take a look at pics from the last game of the 1984 season against Miami. The "green" is very apparent.

 

[zeromaster]

Man, the things people find to complain about after a win, especially this one...

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I agree, we should go back to the days when the pants were more greyish silver.

I will say one thing about the greenish tint to the pants. They seem to look "greener" when we are playing under artificial light. I've noticed that when we've played away games in California, (like San Diego and Oakland) and we play in natural sunlight, the pants don't have as much green tint to them. They seem to have a blueish tint.

Interesting topic. I love to talk Cowboy uniforms.

 

[bbgun]

On TV, they usually look more blue than green. In still photography, just the opposite (esp during day games). Just tell Reebok to ditch the greenish hue.