Napoleon considered changing the French infantry uniforms from blue to white sometime around 1805 for several reasons. The primary one was to reduce the costs of the uniform, as undyed cloth is obviously less expensive than blue cloth (in addition, the British Navy had stopped much of the importation of blue dye into France). Secondary was the desire to link Napoleonic France to the prestige of the old Bourbon dynasty. A few regiments were actually outfitted in white uniforms as a test, and apparently they were well-received. But the change was never made official, likely to avoid confusion with the Saxons, Spanish, or Austrian army who also wore white, and the French infantry continued to wear blue.