OLD: Back in my century, our doctors, and surgeons, and Q's, and alien courtroom judges...all wore underwear on their heads. YOUNG: Okay. Let's get you home, grandpa.
The in-universe explanation in the TNG era says it was a "consolidation of colors". Blues, greens, teals, went to science (medicine is a division of science). Webpage where I stole the image... https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-color-were-the-star-trek-science-officer-uniforms.393526/
OLD: Back in my century, our doctors, and surgeons, and Q's, and alien courtroom judges...all wore underwear on their heads.
YOUNG: Okay. Let's get you home, grandpa.
Why does his uniform not match Beverly's?
The in-universe explanation in the TNG era says it was a "consolidation of colors". Blues, greens, teals, went to science (medicine is a division of science). Webpage where I stole the image...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-color-were-the-star-trek-science-officer-uniforms.393526/