if you're used to dickies or ben davis, you'll quickly realize the material is not as thick with red kap compared to them. i have no idea how well they'll hold up if you're wearing these for a job where you clothes might have to take a beating. me personally, i am not wearing these for a job but just leisure everyday wear but it does seem like it'll work for a business casual work environment. i believe the images used for red kap on the various colors these shirts come in are actually manipulated, so the color is slightly lighter than picture but not too much. i did find how ever, all the shirts i ordered had a lot of loose thread on them but that is easily fixed by snipping them off with a scissors but this is what you expect from mass produced products. bottom line for me, it works well for my purpose and satisfied.