Jersey System (Civ6)

The Jersey System is a civilization color selection system introduced to Civilization VI in the February 2019 Update, coinciding with the release of the Gathering Storm expansion. It is used to prevent two or more leaders from having similar color schemes.

Each leader has four "jerseys." If the game determines that a leader's color is too similar to another's, it will use the first alternative. If the first alternative is also too similar, the game switches to the second. There are also several default colors which are used when all of a leader's alternate jerseys are taken.

Colors

There are 28 colors used for the jerseys.

Color	Hex Code	Color Name	Civ Wiki Name
Red Light	#e57574	Geraldine	Pink
Red Medium	#ca1415	Venetian Red	Red
Red Dark	#780001	Sangria	Dark Red
Orange Light	#ffb23c	Supernova	Light Orange
Orange Medium	#ff8112	Pumpkin	Orange
Orange Dark	#783d02	Saddle Brown	Brown
Yellow Light	#eae19d	Witch Haze	Light Yellow
Yellow Medium	#f7d801	School Bus Yellow	Yellow
Yellow Dark	#867202	Olive	Olive
Green Light	#79e077	Light Green	Light Green
Green Medium	#61bf22	Kelly Green	Green
Green Dark	#156c30	Crusoe	Dark Green
Aqua Light	#7dece3	Turquoise Blue	Cyan
Aqua Medium	#00c09b	Caribbean Green	Turquoise
Aqua Dark	#014f51	Sherpa Blue	Teal
Blue Light	#74a3f3	Cornflower Blue	Light Blue
Blue Medium	#004fce	Navy Blue	Blue
Blue Dark	#012a6c	Sapphire	Dark Blue
Purple Light	#b780e6	Biloba Flower	Light Purple
Purple Medium	#6d00cd	Dark Violet	Purple
Purple Dark	#370065	Purple	Dark Purple
Magenta Light	#ff99ff	Violet	Light Magenta
Magenta Medium	#ff00ff	Fuchsia	Magenta
Magenta Dark	#750073	Purple	Dark Magenta
White Light	#f9f9f9	Snow	White
White Medium	#535353	Matterhorn	Dark Gray
White Medium 2	#aeaeae	Dark Gray	Gray
Black	#181818	Nero	Black

Jerseys

Civilization	Leader	Main	Alt1	Alt2	Alt3	Notes
American	Teddy Roosevelt (Bull Moose)					The colors are from the American flag.
	Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Rider)
	Abraham Lincoln
Arabian	Saladin (Vizier)					Green has often been associated with Islamic culture. The second jersey appears to be inspired by the Saudi Arabian flag.
	Saladin (Sultan)
Australian	John Curtin					The main colors are the national colors of Australia. The second and third alternates are from the Australian flag.
Aztec	Montezuma
Babylonian	Hammurabi
Brazilian	Pedro II					The colors are from the Brazilian flag.
Byzantine	Basil II					Purple was the color of the monarch of the Byzantine Empire. Red and yellow were the colors of the Byzantine flag. The fourth alternate for Basil II uses the colors of Rome's jersey when Trajan is leader, and is also Theodora's default jersey.
	Theodora
Canadian	Wilfrid Laurier					The colors are from the Canadian flag.
Chinese	Qin Shi Huang (Mandate of Heaven)					Jade, red, and yellow are significant colors in China, while the fourth alternate uses colors on the Qing flag and is Yongle's default jersey. The second alternate uses the colors of the flag of The People's Republic of China and is Wu Zetian's default jersey.
	Qin Shi Huang (Unifier)
	Kublai Khan (Chinese)
	Yongle
	Wu Zetian
Cree	Poundmaker					The fourth alternate uses the colors of the flag of Saskatchewan.
Dutch	Wilhelmina					The orange is from the Dutch royal family.
Egyptian	Cleopatra (Egyptian)
	Cleopatra (Ptolemaic)
	Ramses II
English	Victoria (Age of Empire)					The colors are from the Union Jack flag. Elizabeth I's default jersey is based on the Saint George's cross.
	Victoria (Age of Steam)
	Eleanor of Aquitaine (English)
	Elizabeth I
Ethiopian	Menelik II					The colors are from the Ethiopian flag.
French	Catherine de Medici (Black Queen)					The first two jerseys use the colors of two of the flags of the Kingdom of France, while the last two use colors from the republic. The first jersey colors of the three French leaders form the colors of the flag of the Republic of France.
	Catherine de Medici (Magnificence)
	Eleanor of Aquitaine (French)
Gallic	Ambiorix
Georgian	Tamar					The second jersey uses the colors of the Georgian flag. The third jersey uses colors from the former Georgian flag. The fourth jersey uses the color of Russia's jersey, since for a time Georgia was a part of Russia.
German	Frederick Barbarossa					Frederick Barbarossa's main jersey uses grey that is common in German uniforms while Ludwig II's main jersey uses the colors of the flag of Bavaria. The second jersey uses the colors of the Holy Roman Empire's flag. The third jersey uses the colors of the flag of the German Empire. The fourth jersey uses the coat of arms of the Habsburgs, A famous royal house that controlled the Holy Roman Empire for centuries.
	Ludwig II
Greek	Pericles					Blue and white are the national colors of Greece.
	Gorgo					Red was the color of ancient Sparta.
Gran Colombian	Simón Bolívar					The colors are from the flag of Gran Colombia
Hungarian	Matthias Corvinus					The third jersey uses colors from the Hungarian flag.
Incan	Pachacuti
Indian	Gandhi					The third and fourth jerseys are from the Indian flag.
	Chandragupta
Indonesian	Gitarja					The third jersey uses the color of the Indonesian flag.
Japanese	Hojo Tokimune					The first two jerseys are from the Japanese flag, while the other two jerseys are likely inspired by the Hojo clan colors, or perhaps Japan's football colors.
	Tokugawa
Khmer	Jayavarman VII					The second alternate uses the colors of the flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Kongolese	Mvemba a Nzinga					The fist two alternates use the colors of the flag of the Republic of the Congo.
	Nzinga Mbande					The second and third alternates are from the flag of the republic of the Congo.
Korean	Seondeok					The first 2 jerseys are the colors of the Taegeuk, a symbol found on the flag of the Republic of Korea and Korea's banner. The last 2 alternates are from the flag of the Joseon dynasty.
	Sejong
Macedonian	Alexander					The second and fourth jerseys use the flag of Ancient Macedon, while the third is from the flag of North Macedonia.
Malian	Mansa Musa
	Sundiata Keita
Māori	Kupe
Mapuche	Lautaro
Mayan	Lady Six Sky
Mongolian	Genghis Khan
	Kublai Khan (Mongolian)					The third banner uses the colors of the flag of Mongolia.
Norwegian	Harald Hardrada (Konge)					The first two jerseys use the colors of the flag of Norway, while the latter two jerseys use the colors of the Norwegian coat of arms.
	Harald Hardrada (Varangian)
Nubian	Amanitore					The colors references the fact that the Nubian Kingdom was located on a desert.
Ottoman	Suleiman (Kanuni)					Green and white are colors associated with Islam, while red and white are from the flag of the Ottoman Empire.
	Suleiman (Muhteşem‎‎)
Persian	Cyrus					The third jersey uses the colors of the flag of the Achaemenid Empire. The fourth jersey uses the colors of The Standard of Cyrus the Great.
	Nader Shah
Phoenician	Dido					The purple colors are a reference to Tyrian purple.
Polish	Jadwiga					Red and white are the national colors of Poland.
Portuguese	João III					White and blue were the colors of the Kingdom of Portugal. Red and green are the colors of the Republic of Portugal. The fourth jersey features the colors of the flag of Spain, a country historically close to Portugal.
Roman	Trajan					Purple was the color of the monarch of the Roman Empire. Red and yellow were the colors of the Roman standards.
	Julius Caesar
Russian	Peter					The first jersey use the colors of Imperial Russia. The other three uses the colors of the Russian flag.
Scottish	Robert the Bruce					The first two jerseys use the colors of the flag of Scotland, while the third jersey uses the colors of the royal banner of Scotland.
Scythian	Tomyris
Spanish	Philip II					The first two jerseys use the colors of the flag of Spain.
Sumerian	Gilgamesh
Swedish	Kristina					The first two jerseys use the colors of the flag of Sweden. The other two references the old Swedish flag.
Vietnamese	Bà Triệu					The third jersey uses the colors of Vietnam's modern-day flag.
Zulu	Shaka					Brown and white references the colors of the Nguni shields, Zulu shields made of cow hide.

Other jerseys

Subject	Example icon	Notes
Cultural city-state
Industrial city-state
Militaristic city-state
Religious city-state
Scientific city-state
Trade city-state
Maritime city-state		Slightly modified version of light blue (#87d4ff)
Free Cities		Slightly modified version of dark grey (#322d2d)
Barbarians

Trivia

• There are also 3 other sets of color definitions for people with a defect of vision (Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia). For example, Standard Red Light color is #e57574, while Deuteranopia Red Light color is #888050.