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Gang colors are the types or color of clothing, or insignia that are worn by gang members to identify each other. Tattooes may also come under the category of gang colors.^[1]

Street gangs wear many colors, for example the Sureños wear blue and grey ^[2], and their rivals the Norteños wear red and black. ^[3] Bloods wear red. Their rivals the Crips wear blue ^[4], the Bloods' allies the Latin Kings wear gold and black ^[5]. Latin King rivals Folks Nation also wears blue and black, and are allied with the Crips. Other gangs such as La Primera wear white as their main color. ^[6] Their rivals the Cholos wear all black.

Contents 1 List of gangs' colors 1.1 Worldwide gangs 1.2 American gangs 1.3 European gangs 2 See also 3 References

[edit] List of gangs' colors

[edit] Worldwide gangs

• Bandidos - gold, red
• Bloods - red (originated USA - chapters outside USA are unofficial)
• Crips - blue (originated USA - chapters outside USA are unofficial)
• Hells Angels - red and white (originated USA)
• Mongols - black and blue (originated USA)
• Latin Kings - gold, black (originated USA)
• Sureños - blue and gray (originated USA)
• Vagos - green (originated USA)
• Chavistas - red (originated in Venezuela by the government principally, also known as "malandreo caraqueño")

[edit] American gangs

• Folk Nation - Blue, Black, Gray
• La Primera - White
• Norteños - Red, Black
• Tiny Rascal Gang - Gray and Black
• Ñetas - White
• MS 13 - bare chest with tattoos.
• Asian Boyz gang - Navy Blue

[edit] European gangs

• Ghetto boys - blue
• Peckham Boys - black
• Tottenham Mandem - white (although black, blue, red, purple may be worn depending on set)

[edit] See also

• Gang patch
• Gang signal
• Criminal tattoo

[edit] References

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