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Burnley wore a one-off all white fourth strip in the win over West Ham United on Wednesday night.

The Clarets have produced the strip after the Premier League flagged a colour clash between the two sides.

Burnleys home and away strips are a natural clash with the Hammers claret and blue kit while the Turf Moor sides green third kit has been deemed a clash by the Premier League system, which does take into account the impact on colour blind viewers.

The league try to ensure four different colours between the two teams - outfielders and goalkeepers - to ensure a contrast.

This includes avoiding a clash of red and green where possible, something that assists viewers watching the game who are colour blind.

The Premier League said Burnley were notified last summer in advance of the season starting that a new kit would be required and a white strip was agreed.

Burnley were able to play in green at Aston Villa as there was sufficient contrast on Villas shirt whereas West Hams is deemed all Claret - hence the change.

And the Clarets have a 100 per cent record in their new kit after Jay Rodriguez's goal gave them all three points.

Colour blindness, or colour vision deficiency, is one of the worlds most common genetic conditions but it is under-recognised and poorly understood. Worldwide, about 320 million people have some form of colour blindness and in the UK there are almost three million colour-blind people. Men are more likely to be colour blind than women, as approximately one in 12 men (8 per cent) inherit red/green colour blindness but only 1 in 200 (0.5%) of women do.

As a result colour-blindness leads to issues in football for people who are colour-blind, including kit clashes between players, goalkeepers, match officials, the playing surface; equipment such as match balls; venues, information and also TV coverage of the match itself.

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Why Burnley wore a white kit in their Premier League match with West Ham - Accrington Observer

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