Blazers
Today, many Rotary Exchange students can be recognized by their Rotary Youth Exchange blazer. While most countries recommend navy blue, the blazer may also be dark green, red, black, or maroon. The color of the blazer usually depends on which country or region the exchange student is from. One Rotary tradition is that students cover their blazers in pins and patches they have traded with other students or bought in places they have visited as evidence of their exchange.
Blazer colors by country:
- Argentina - white/navy blue
- Australia - green
- Austria - navy blue
- Belgium - navy blue
- Bermuda - navy blue
- Bolivia - navy blue
- Brazil - navy blue
- Canada - red/navy blue
- Czech Republic - navy blue
- Denmark - navy blue
- Ecuador - navy blue
- Finland - light blue
- France - light blue
- Germany - blue
- Hungary - navy blue
- India - navy blue
- Indonesia - varied by year
- Japan - navy blue
- Italy - navy blue
- Mexico - navy blue/green/red
- Netherlands - navy blue
- New Zealand - black
- Norway - navy blue
- Peru - blue
- Philippines - navy blue
- Poland - navy blue/black
- Russia - navy blue
- Slovakia - navy blue
- South Africa - green
- South Korea - navy blue
- Sweden - navy blue
- Switzerland - bordeaux
- Taiwan - navy blue (bright green in year 2006-2007. dark green in year 2007-2008, bordeaux since 2008-2009)
- Thailand - navy blue/bordeaux
- Turkey - black
- United States - navy blue/green
- Venezuela - navy blue
- Zimbabwe - black
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