User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-86.61.6.68-20141026100527/@comment-173.189.47.87-20141028022744

Well they did it because they need the assassins to blend in with the crowd to make them hard to find and to match the colors with the French and the gangs.