Buff coat

The European buff coat (the term deriving from the ox or buffalo hide from which it was commonly made and its yellowish colour) was an item of leather clothing worn by cavalry and officers during the 17th century, it also saw limited use by some infantry. It was often worn under armour. It was derived from the simple leather jerkins worn by huntsmen and soldiers during the Tudor period, these in turn deriving from the arming doublet worn under full plate armour.

Production, appearance and variation

Buff coats were made in sleeveless and sleeved variants and were garments typically crafted from cowhide or buffalo hide. The very finest buff coats were made of elk-hide. Buff leather was produced by a method of "oil tanning"; following treatment with lime the hide was scraped to remove the outer layer which gave the finished product a matt surface. The hide then had cod oil worked into it in a process called "kicking" and was finally air-dried. The oiling and drying steps could be repeated. The finished leather attained its characteristic buff colour and was supple, durable and weather resistant.

Buffé

Buffé is a Swedish monthly free customer magazine which is distributed to the customers of ICA, a supermarket. The magazine is one of two magazines by the company and the other one is ICA-Kuriren, a family magazine.

History and profile

Buffé was started in 1995. The magazine is published by OTW Media Group, a subsidiary of ICA, in Stockholm. It features recipes and practical information about cooking.

In 2007 the circulation of Buffé was 1,996,900 copies, making it the best-selling magazine in Sweden.

In 2013 the publisher of Buffé won the Swedish Design Awards for Magazine Design. In May 2015, the magazine also received two silver awards at Guldbladet, an award gala for the content market agencies.

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Buff (colour)

Buff is the pale yellow-brown colour of the un-dyed leather of several animals.

As an RYB quaternary colour, it is the darker colour produced by an equal mix of the tertiary colours citron and russet.

Etymology

The first recorded use of the word "buff" to describe a colour was in the London Gazette of 1686, describing a uniform to be "...a Red Coat with a Buff-colour'd lining". It referred to the colour of un-dyed buffalo leather, such as soldiers wore as some protection: an eye-witness to the death in the Battle of Edgehill (1642) of Sir Edmund Verney noted "he would neither put on armor or buff coat the day of the battle". Such buff leather was suitable for buffing or serving as a buffer between polished objects. It is not clear which bovine "buffalo" referred to, but it may not have been any of the animals called "buffalo" today.

Derived terms

The word "buff" meaning "enthusiast" or "expert" (US English) derives from the colour "buff", specifically from the buff-coloured uniform facings of 19th-century New York City volunteer firemen, who inspired partisan followers among particularly keen fire-watchers.