Why are coats/parkas worn in Antarctica typically red/orange?

Question

Thinking in terms of heat absorption, wouldn’t black or darker colours be more appropriate, or at those temperatures would such an effect be too minimal to even consider?

Is it therefore for visibility, or is it just the colour of the uniform of the researchers/scientists?

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Answer 1

Its for visibility.

NZ uses orange USA uses Red, I haven’t seen other countries ones down there.

At a glance you can tell who is from where and for the NZ side there is a pool of like 1000 orange jackets for 200 people capacity.