Use of Colours in Sports Etc.
German sports teams often use White as main colour, as organisations that had been founded prior to 1919 often have chosen a combination of the contemporary national colours, mostly White with additional Black and/or Red as their colours. Examples are the German national football team fielded by the German Football Association (DFB) since 1908, German track and field athletes and rowers who use a red chest ring, and German race cars, which were, according to the international auto racing colour scheme, painted white with red numbers (since 1934, Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union have used unpainted metal, or Silver).
After 1918 and 1945, Black-Red-Gold became national colours (again). Organisations founded in that time frame, like the German American Football Association (AFVD) or the German Organisation of Non-Olympic sports IGNOV, often use black-red-gold in their colours, mostly on a white background. In recent years, most national teams of older organisations have added black-red-gold trim to their dresses.
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