French foreign legion equipment

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Plynkes is right!

FFL campaign dress in tropical areas was white trousers, black leather equipment , brown rucksack and light gray blanket, dark blue greatcoat. Kepi usually with white cover (extra pouches might also be off white/light gray).
(my source: Uniforms of the french foreign legion, by Martin Windrow, illustrated by Michael Chappell, Blandford Press 1981, shows brown rucksack, maybe is also black)
If not greatcoat is used, then the whole uniform is white.

Red pants were used as dress/walking out uniform,only, after around 1872.
BTW FFL which fought during FPW war in France,  wore red pants.

Around 1899 khaki uniforms were introduced. We could say that white and khaki uniforms coexisted during the early 20th century.
Again black leather equipment was used in the early years.
FFL used as Parade dress the red pants, even they were used in the early stages of WW1 in France with black leather equipment. Later it was switched to horizon blue and khaki, depending on the theater etc now with brown webbing.