Pick a new uniform color (s)

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I like the 29th century Starfleet unis as seen in "Relativity".

In TOS' time, I'd keep the colors and styles as they are, but add a new one: black, for Starfleet Marines.

If I had to come up with a completely new scheme, I'd pick this:

Command: purple <-- purple is often associated with royalty, isn't it? Being "born to the purple" and all that
Operations: orange
Sciences: green

 

[Nerys Myk]

Command (CO and XO)-Royal Blue
Science-White
Medical-Green
Engineering-Gold
Security-Red (Tradition!)
Tactical-Brown

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

They wouldn't need uniform colours. New tech would establish a transparent forcefield around each crewman, giving them the protection clothing offers against the elements as well as phaser beams and other such energy weapons--whilst the forcefield itself (as well as communications) is operated and maintained by a small device worn on the wrist.

 

[Dale Sams]

Wife-beaters for everyone

 

[Skywalker]

They wouldn't need uniform colours. New tech would establish a transparent forcefield around each crewman, giving them the protection clothing offers against the elements as well as phaser beams and other such energy weapons--whilst the forcefield itself (as well as communications) is operated and maintained by a small device worn on the wrist.

And then in one episode the ship approaches a spatial anomaly which interferes with the signal broadcast by the devices on their wrist, thus leaving the entire ship's complement naked!

Yes, I can see this working quite well.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

You gotta wonder why life support belts didn't catch on for very long.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

And then in one episode the ship approaches a spatial anomaly which interferes with the signal broadcast by the devices on their wrist, thus leaving the entire ship's complement naked!

Yes, I can see this working quite well.

The forcefields are transparent, so they already appear to be naked, except for the occasional ripple in the field if they are hit by a phaser.

 

[T'Girl]

You gotta wonder why life support belts didn't catch on for very long.

You'd think the special effects cost would be less than producing space suits for the actors.

 

[BillJ]

I'm perfectly happy with gold, red and blue.

 

[bbjeg]

And then in one episode the ship approaches a spatial anomaly which interferes with the signal broadcast by the devices on their wrist, thus leaving the entire ship's complement naked!

Yes, I can see this working quite well.

The forcefields are transparent, so they already appear to be naked, except for the occasional ripple in the field if they are hit by a phaser.

Yeah, it's the future, prudence is all but gone right? Bring on the nudity. Odo does it.

 

[Shik]

You solid colors are so limited in your ways.

Science get a paisley, something with pinks, purples, & pastel blues--calming, y'dig? Operations should be plaid, perhaps a nice Cameron Hose. Command...well. They're the head men. Nothing better than pinstripes, baby. All black, with maybe a thin light grey.

 

[bbjeg]

You solid colors are so limited in your ways.

Science get a paisley, something with pinks, purples, & pastel blues--calming, y'dig? Operations should be plaid, perhaps a nice Cameron Hose. Command...well. They're the head men. Nothing better than pinstripes, baby. All black, with maybe a thin light grey.

And during alerts people get epilepsy. Good work.

 

[Shik]

You solid colors are so limited in your ways.

Science get a paisley, something with pinks, purples, & pastel blues--calming, y'dig? Operations should be plaid, perhaps a nice Cameron Hose. Command...well. They're the head men. Nothing better than pinstripes, baby. All black, with maybe a thin light grey.

And during alerts people get epilepsy. Good work.

Only if you've suddenly made the alert lights into-fast-flashing strobes.

 

[Galileo7]

I like the colour scheme used in TMP:

White – Command
Orange – Sciences
Green – Medical
Red – Engineering
Gold – Operations
Grey – Security

Agree.

 

[Levi]

Awe well if we're going new tech style, considering we have google glasses now, probably could have a HUD contact lens. Where peoples name,rank,job,etc appear illuminated above a persons head like in a game. And since bio-status can be tracked and monitored by contacts in their uniforms, again like a video game, you could see a persons health and other important information!

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

The new uniform color should be... avocado.

 

[Kevman7987]

I can see it now; Neons.

 

[T'Girl]

solid black

In TOS' time, I'd keep the colors and styles as they are, but add a new one: black, for Starfleet Marines.

I'd have solid black be the ship's chaplain.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

I think the white MSPaint square really sells it.

 

[bbjeg]

^Makes it look religious.

I like the look anyway T'Girl, but I'm sticking with solid black for non-commissioned Starfleet. I think that uniform in solid grey (white trim) should be military.