Colors - Matching

**Liam** · 17th November 13, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Carlo

I had a good laugh when I came across the following statements.

MacLowlife here:

The Wizard on another thread:

Edit:
Obviously if you want to read the context, both quotes link to their original place.

Have a look at my avatar.... I am wearing a blue tweed jacket, lovat blue hose, light blue shirt, navy blue tie, blue tam with... horrors, my ancient red (orange) MacDonell of Keppoch tartan kilt.

**OC Richard** · 17th November 13, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Liam

blue tweed jacket, lovat blue hose, light blue shirt, navy blue tie, blue tam with... horrors, my ancient red (orange) MacDonell of Keppoch tartan kilt.

Those accessories quite literally compliment the kilt! (Blue and orange are complimentary colours.)

This is the precise opposite of matching colours.

**Carlo** · 17th November 13, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by Liam

Have a look at my avatar.... I am wearing a blue tweed jacket, lovat blue hose, light blue shirt, navy blue tie, blue tam with... horrors, my ancient red (orange) MacDonell of Keppoch tartan kilt.

No horrors to see there. You look great as far as my colour sense goes.

**Stan** · 17th November 13, 06:15 PM

Pull your kilt up. It's to low. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_fFLaljY0 Caution on the language, but it's to the point.

**Stan** · 17th November 13, 06:30 PM

A complementary color is simply described as (and is) the opposite on the color wheel from another color. It may in fact BE complementary by definition, but is it "visually" (by perception) a "complementary" color?

Yellow is (by this definition) complementary to Purple, but it may still not be visual pleasing and there by, even though it's "complementary" by definition, it may not be visually considered by some to be "complementary".

**kiltedrennie** · 17th November 13, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Stan

Pull your kilt up. It's to low. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_fFLaljY0 Caution on the language, but it's to the point.

That was just brilliant*
Thanks

* trying to reduce my overuse of awesome, awesomesauce, and other forms of awe...

**Nathan** · 18th November 13, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by Stan

Pull your kilt up. It's to low. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_fFLaljY0 Caution on the language, but it's to the point.

As mentioned in the song, middle of the knee was the "just right" standard I was raised on, it was the standard my regiment followed and the only one I ever heard until I came on xmarks and heard people insist on top of the knee.

Interestingly, there's a Highland wear enthusiast with a shop in Toronto's Kensington Market and I mentioned top of the knee to him and he said, "Yes, that's the old standard, it's mid-knee now". I'm curious to know who sets this standard. Would it be judges at pipe band competitions? Military regiments? Kilt vendors? All of the above?

So there seems to be two distinct schools of thought and this has been debated on other threads here, but I just find it interesting that this colourful song insists on the same standard I was familiar with.

**Liam** · 18th November 13, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Stan

Pull your kilt up. It's to low. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_fFLaljY0 Caution on the language, but it's to the point.

As you can see from my avatar, I'm in the "mid knee" group, so I believe it is the correct length.

**creagdhubh** · 18th November 13, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Nathan

As mentioned in the song, middle of the knee was the "just right" standard I was raised on, it was the standard my regiment followed and the only one I ever heard until I came on xmarks and heard people insist on top of the knee.

Interestingly, there's a Highland wear enthusiast with a shop in Toronto's Kensington Market and I mentioned top of the knee to him and he said, "Yes, that's the old standard, it's mid-knee now". I'm curious to know who sets this standard. Would it be judges at pipe band competitions? Military regiments? Kilt vendors? All of the above?

So there seems to be two distinct schools of thought and this has been debated on other threads here, but I just find it interesting that this colourful song insists on the same standard I was familiar with.

Very interesting indeed. I've always been a "top of the knee" kind of guy myself. Since a young age, it's what I've always been told by family and fellow Macphersons.

**Stan** · 18th November 13, 11:15 AM

Well, as a one year new kiltie (thanks giving 2012 was my first public kilting wearing) , and prior to joining xMarks, I took all my "kilt length" and "kilt wearing" protocol from the photos and video's that the kilt makers & advertisers (like MacGregor and MacDuff, as well as Scotsweb) had available on their web sites, and on youtube .

So, as I started buying kilts, and developing my own standards of what looked most "kiltish" my standards were established based on those advertisers photos and "how to wear a kilt" video's. I can understand how personal preferences differ from one person to the next, and with all that being said, I became, and am now, and continue to be a "middle of the knee" guy too.

Stan L.

PS. To the original poster of this thread:
Whether your a mid knee, or top of the knee guy, my observation to him (the original poster) is (still) that "his kilts to low"...LOL...