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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

IE5Master
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    It's probably the vest worn by Shikaku is just old or something. – Happy Face May 24 '16 at 19:22
  • From a character design perspective, the creators would have gone for a design and color which will be easily identified by anyone watching Naruto, even after a break. So identification of which village the characters belong to is the important aspect in choosing colors and designs. – SoundStage May 25 '16 at 04:52
  • @Dragon yeah there is a difference. – IE5Master May 26 '16 at 16:09
  • @IE5Master Sorry if i'm wrong but do you mind sending me a link of where you see them as different colors please – Dragon May 27 '16 at 07:44
  • @Dragon https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjz6_KeufrMAhUBeD4KHb41BUIQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnaruto.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FShikaku_Nara&psig=AFQjCNFdPt0S9nvmgQAfsbJ1IoMcDmYcuw&ust=1464445093867143 – IE5Master May 27 '16 at 14:25
  • @Dragon in the wikia, they describe him wearing a dark green flak jacket – IE5Master May 27 '16 at 14:27
  • @IE5Master sorry about my stupid information and comment, i didn't realize of the different colors, i thought it was just the animation style. – Dragon May 28 '16 at 03:24

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

Shikaku and Asuma. 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 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, for Konohagakure it's only one, there is no other jacket that the Jōnins wear.

So I asume it has to do mostly with Shikaku that he was the Jōnin Commander, so we can understand the difference between him and the other Jōnins.

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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