In rare instances literature employs “cadet” not as a title but as a color, lending a distinctive visual and emotive quality to the narrative. For example, one author describes himself as “the lad in the cadet gray,” using the hue to evoke a blend of military austerity and youthful longing [1]. This evocative use of “cadet” as a color not only paints a vivid image of the character’s uniform but also conjures the atmosphere of disciplined yet wistful nostalgia, distinguishing it from the more common usage of the term to denote rank or position.