Under their greens

Hi, please could you explain the meaning of ‘under their greens’ in the following sentence?
‘It was the Paddington rail crash, everyone was called – and they worked twelve hours at a stretch in their trainers and shorts under their greens’.

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I’m pretty sure ‘under their greens’ here refers to the green uniforms worn by the paramedics. Let’s see what @Luschen TJ thinks.

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That’s what I was guessing too. I didn’t know what sort of uniforms paramedics wear in the UK, but apparently it is green indeed:

green

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Thank you very much, Torsten and Luschen!

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