Monochrome?

[gary meakin]

I agree with Riverkilt on one hand. Your tattoo is very personal. It's your body, etc.
On the other hand you are getting a tattoo of someting that pretty much belongs to someone else.
I would go with the monochrome and I interpret that leaflet as meaning the drawing of the crest. Background is just that. Background. I don't think the color of your skin enters into it.
If you want color I would agree that you get the clan chief's blessing.

[macwilkin]

I agree with Riverkilt on one hand. Your tattoo is very personal. It's your body, etc.
On the other hand you are getting a tattoo of someting that pretty much belongs to someone else.
I would go with the monochrome and I interpret that leaflet as meaning the drawing of the crest. Background is just that. Background. I don't think the color of your skin enters into it.
If you want color I would agree that you get the clan chief's blessing.

Exactly -- it does belong to someone else. A "clansman's badge" contains the crest of the Chief, which is part of their coat-of-arms. It only makes sense to respect the customs and traditions of something that is technically someone else's property.


T.