in 1910, the so-called field-grey peace uniform ("feldgraue friedensuniform"), with colored cuffs, facings, shoulder straps and gorgets was issued by decree in prussia, followed by the non-prussian contingents of the other german states and lastly by the bavarian army in april 1916. formerly most infantry regiments in the german imperial army wore "prussian blue" tunics, although bavarian units had light blue and jägers dark green. cavalry uniforms were of a wide range of colours. until the outbreak of war in august 1914, the traditional brightly coloured uniforms of the deutsches heer continued to be worn as parade and off-duty wear. barracks dress was normally an off-white fatigue dress and the field-grey uniform introduced in 1910 was generally reserved for manoeuvres and field training. upon the outbreak of war field-grey became the normal uniform of all german soldiers. active service experience led to the adoption of a darker grey-green shade of colour in 1915, now described as "stone-grey".