Flashes question

[MacWage]

I don't agree. Its neither simple nor dark. Its subdued. It contains a lot of pigments so was a bit of a status cloth. The weave pattern is not involved yet it creates quite a complex and multi-faceted visual impression. That's part of its beauty and flexibility. Its not boring to the eye.


I don't see how "Black" coordinates and to what colour hose? Blue and green coordinate quite well--- and look good--- with the Government Tartans. It need not match and, honestly, unless one is using a piece of matching tartan from the same batch it can't. Different materials can, at best, coordinate but never match. Traditional colour for flashes here , however, is red as the red torrie on a dark blue (Balmoral) bonnet.

For the FIRST point, I meant the COLORS to the eye, not the patterns or pigments. Simple is NOT necessarily boring. Simple refers here to the color contrast and range, which in most weavings is not very far. This allows for the visual interest (to the interested) and adaptability. I like the tartan, my first purchased kilt and my first "self-made" kilt was Black Watch, as are many of my tartan/plaid "saxon" clothes. The color range for most weavings (right term?) is just dark and looks almost solid to the casual observer who does not notice the subtle interplay of the black on the navy and green, they just see a "black" tartan with touches of hunter green and navy (as has been TOLD to me more than a few times). It lacks all the "bright" touches usually associated with most tartans. Note, the very way that units differenciated themselves was to add color touches to the basic Black Watch base. In contrast, a complex tartan is my other favorite "general" tartan, Caledonia, which has a wide range of colors of various brightness with some in dark hues of navy and hunter and others (like Marton Mills PV) which use much "brighter" hues. Otherwise, it has a lot of red, as well as black, white, and yellow (with the last 2 in the form of stripes.
Back to my point, few use black flashes with dark hose. I've seen many times were a lovat green or blue is used with a hunter/navy modern tartan, which looks TERRIBLE. The "MATCHES" meant a bottle green or navy hose similar enough to the tartan itself that the eye doesn't go ":confused: ". Black is the other color, besides navy and green, but looks best with an otherwise black outfit.

The point I intended is in the second point, where the RED from the RED COAT is used to coordinate with red falshes and hackles and torries. There is NO red in the tartan itself, but it is taken from "accessories," in this case the traditional color of the British military jacket.

Therefore and thus, I think the brown flashes with black hose would go well with the shadow tartan, especially as the the accessory "is brown with black accent, so it is dark, but definately the brown is the primary color." If no black hose, I'd say off-white (or the ever popular "Oatmeal") is a good alternative.

Many do not like black hose, but that is the color I actually wear most out of what I have, as it coordinates with the most variety of kilts and my clothes.

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[MacWage]

Reading Mr. Newsome's post (sent as I typed the above) reminded me:
Just don't do what was done by a gent at the Hendersonville games and wear red flashes with burgundy hose, especially when NEITHER matches the rest of the outfit. THAT just looks bad . . .
He also wore a collared gray pull-over with a black Prince Charlie jacket.

Barclay took pics, if you don't believe me.

[McClef]

I'm wondering what the green double bow on the black watch kilt is doing in the picture that Matt provided a link to.

That's a new one on me!

[macwilkin]

I'm wondering what the green double bow on the black watch kilt is doing in the picture that Matt provided a link to.

That's a new one on me!

It is a rosette kilt pin that the Black Watch wears, similar to the kilt panel of the Argylls:

http://www.geocities.com/argylls_ww1...anel-1947a.jpg

There are some kilt rosettes shown on this web site:

http://www.highlandclans.co.uk/Kilt_Rare_Tartans.html

Scroll down.

T.

[McClef]

Thanks cajunscot

Personally I think they look awful though