Figure 1.--Here we see a Pioneer group in a field. I'm not sure what they are doing. The purple caps are presumably red caps distorted by inaccuate color balance, but note the red scarves show up correctly.

We have noticed various colors of Pioneer caps and we do not yet fully understand what the different colors represented or how common they were. And the black and white photography until the 1970s complicate our assessment. A Russian reader tells us that the standard color of Pioneer caps was red and they were by far the prncipal color. We have also noted red and white caps (Red caps with white bottoms) as well as all white caps. In addition we have noted different shades of blue caps. A Russian reader tells us that these blue caps were probably special summer camp uniforms. We note some other colors, but they seem to be incorrect color blance in Soviet publications.