

I am curious to know why some leaf shinobi's vest colours are green and some
are dark green. For example, Shikaku wears a dark green vest and Kakashi wears
green. Are dark green vests considered elite shinobi? Wouldn't Kakashi be
considered elite? Does it signify something about that particular shinobi?

Thanks


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Leaf Shinobi vest colours


I did a little bit of search about outfits in Naruto series, only 2 ninjas had
a dark green outfit.

[Shikaku](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shikaku) and
[Asuma](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Asuma_Sarutobi). If you check both of
their profiles in Naruto wikia, nothing is being said about the color.

This is a peace from Asuma description:

> _His clothing consisted of the
> standard[Konoha](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konohagakure) ninja uniform
> with the sleeves rolled up half way, flak jacket, regular shinobi sandals
> and forehead protector. He also wore a sash that had the kanji for "Fire"
> (火) marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles, and bandages
> wrapped around the arms of his sleeves._

Also [the flak jacket](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Flak_Jacket), for
[Konohagakure](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konohagakure) it's only one, there
is no other jacket that the [Jōnins](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/J%C5%8Dnin)
wear.

So I asume it has to do mostly with Shikaku that he was the [Jōnin
Commander](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/J%C5%8Dnin_Commander), so we can
understand the difference between him and the other
[Jōnins](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/J%C5%8Dnin).

So to summarize, it's just a speculation about all this. But there are no
evidence about these colours. Maybe in a Naruto SBS there is an explanation,
about this, which I can't find.


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It's not overtly mentioned, but the difference in jonin vests color does
actually mean something in the leaf village. Shinobi with Darker tone green
vests are jonin platoon leaders (Not to be mixed with team leaders such as
Kakashi or Guy). Also, it's not just Asuma and Shikaku, it's around 10 other
Shinobi that appeared on screen like Raido and Aoba (3rd hokage bodygards),
Genma (Chonin exam practor) , Shisui (Uchiha), Inoichi (Ino's father), Tsume
(Kib's mother), Hiyashi (Hyuga), and others that I don't recall their names or
they were not significant enough to be mentioned by name.


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