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[Star Wars] Why does the Galactic Republic/Empire keep their soldiers in bright white armor?

I get that it’s probably the “default” color of the material, but what I wanna know is why the vast majority of clones/stormtroopers are sent out in plain white rather than any other color or camo, with MAYBE some decal for specific units. White stands out anywhere that isn’t Hoth which only makes them easier targets, just look at the Battle of Endor! Even more baffling since they have shown that there isn’t an issue giving them other armor patterns (camo troops on Kashyyyk, tan shore-troopers in Rogue One, etc)

Just seems like bad design for a military that’s sent all over the galaxy, and each trilogy has this weird issue. Gray/Black would’ve been a better default than white. What do you all think?
gpt
Because if they wore camo, then the other side couldn't see how badly they were outnumbered.

As a general rule, any seemingly tactically suboptimal strategic decision the Empire made was in service to the strategic goal of the Tarkin Doctrine: completely demoralize your enemy's will to fight by sheer intimidation of scale.