Background Color

This describes the background color of the insignia. In the case of a twill, felt or sateen patch, the background color will be the color of the material. This will be the case even if the amount of material showing represents only a small percentage of the design of the patch.

In the case of fully embroidered patches or fully chenilled patches, the background color will be the predominate or main color of the badge. If there is no predominate color of the patch, then the background color is called M/C which stands for multicolored.

Neckerchiefs will always have a background color that is the color of the cloth neckerchief. Even if the neckerchief has an embroidered or silk-screened design that has a multicolored or background color different from the cloth, the background color of the neckerchief is still the color of the cloth.

This information was compiled by Scott Dillard, and is a reprint from the OA Images website, http://www.oaimages.com/bbabbrev.shtml