F.S. in the color name of paracord

1967 Views 6 Replies 5 Participants Last post by MrParacord, Jan 17, 2014

Nelson

Discussion Starter · Nov 2, 2013

I was looking at the color selections on ParacordPlanet website and wondered why they would preface some of the color names with "F.S" such as "F.S. Navy Blue". So, I emailed them and asked. They kindly replied that "F.S." stood for "Federal Standard". I don't think that it really means anything, and can be safely ignored. But if you have been loosing sleep at night over this, now you know. File this under trivia information.

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J-Will

· #2 · Nov 6, 2013

lol I figured it meant full strength. Thanks!

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MidwestCord

· #3 · Nov 8, 2013

I am pretty sure it is just in reference to the color, and not anything actually meaningful. There are other shades of Navy Paracord though. Atwood Navy is a much darker color, I call it Dark Navy, because I am not very creative : )

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MrParacord

· #4 · Nov 8, 2013

I was thinking full of well you know the last word for the "S". LOL! I'm joking.

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MidwestCord

· #5 · Nov 8, 2013

lol, I like that answer better MrParacord!

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Trab9000

· #6 · Jan 15, 2014

F.S. stands for Federal Standard. It means it meets a specification the govt. has set for that color for govt use.

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MrParacord

· #7 · Jan 17, 2014

Trab9000 said:
F.S. stands for Federal Standard. It means it meets a specification the govt. has set for that color for govt use.

I was close with my answer.

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