Why is red vs blue a colour clash?

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

at this euros, we’re not seeing any red vs blue games, teams are always wearing their white away kits.I don’t understand why? We would never wear white against Chelsea or Everton.

 

[jasT1981]

Old tradition I believe dating back to when everyone had Black and White TVs. Red & Blue looked the same. Bit outdated now.

I've also heard colour blindness being mentioned in the past for this.

But surely couldn't be correct in todays times, could it?

 

[decorativeed]

UEFA and FIFA denote both red and blue as dark colours. They don't let two teams play each other while both wearing dark colours, so one team must wear a light colour such as yellow or white.

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

UEFA and FIFA denote both red and blue as dark colours. They don't let two teams play each other while both wearing dark colours, so one team must wear a light colour such as yellow or white.

Bit over the top that.

 

[JamesB__]

Spain vs Italy in 2012 was red vs blue.

 

[decorativeed]

Bit over the top that.

Yep.

 

[VorZakone]

Spain vs Italy in 2012 was red vs blue.

Also plenty of Man Utd vs Chelsea games?

 

[sewey89]

I saw something on twitter about it being for colourblind fans watching on TV. Apparently the two colours are hard to distinguish if you’re colour blind.

no idea how true that is

 

[ArjenIsM3]

Why are bananas crooked?

 

[led_scholes]

I m sure in Moscow it was red vs blue.

Before it was red vs white indeed.

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

Spain vs Italy in 2012 was red vs blue.

It won’t be next week. One will wear white.

 

[bosnian_red]

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[decorativeed]

I'm presuming the reason we've got two light kits on the pitch today is because both teams have blue away kits.

 

[abundance]

It's not only for spectators for what I know.

It's also to help the most referees and linesman to distinguish whose leg torsos or asses are when players pile up on the ball.
Different brightness on top of different hue makes it easier at a glance.

And that's why the whole kit must be contrasting also.
A team in white shirt vs one in red shirt, and both with white shorts, wouldn't make much difference for the spectators to tell who's who, but it may for an official in awarding a corner I suppose.

 

[Physiocrat]

I didn't think red blue was an issue for colour blindness. I know brown and red is from snooker but not red and blue. Mark William's once potted a brown believing it to be a red. In snooker though the blue is quite light so that probably makes a difference

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

The England vs Ukraine game last night kinda kills the “light vs dark” theory. I can only assume it’s solely based on the preference of the teams?

 

[decorativeed]

The England vs Ukraine game last night kinda kills the “light vs dark” theory. I can only assume it’s solely based on the preference of the teams?

It's stuff like that which confuses everyone. The rules do seem to be arbitrarily applied. My theory was that both teams have blue change kits, but the designated away team - England - would have still have been playing against a team in yellow, same as when Ukraine and Sweden played.

 

[Sandikan]

Spain vs Italy in 2012 was red vs blue.

We're in 2021 mate

 

[Sandikan]

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If this was really such a big consideration, surely they'd make one team play in stripes or something, to really distinguish?