Spirit of Scotland off of Ebay

**Paul Henry** · 22nd March 13, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by DesertWolf

Looks like the tartans on Scotweb came from Dalgliesh

Just for reference, DC Dalgleish is owned or at least operated by Scotweb , so Scotweb try and feature as many tartans from Dalgleish as possible.The important thing to remember is that most of tartans featured on the Dalgleish site are computer generated and as such are only guides as what it might look like, and shouldn't be taken as a proper reference.

**tundramanq** · 22nd March 13, 09:36 AM

Desertwolf, I did the same - installed "green" circleline FL fixtures everywhere here. Nice for electric bill, but hell on the digital cameras color perception and software. It's why so many of my inside photos include my kitchen in the background - I am using my skylight in the dining room as the main light source. I can back up slightly to blue shift the colors from inclusion of the kitchen FL lamps when needed for the overcast days. Tis easyier here than messing with the camera settings.

I have noticed that the colors really change inperson between outside and inside. My modern SOS is almost colorlessly dark under the inside FL lights. But boy! they really pop when I go outside with it on.

**Shedlock2000** · 23rd March 13, 04:35 PM

Properly nice! Enjoy! (I have a similar issue with jackets - 42 short's never come up!).

**OC Richard** · 24th March 13, 05:33 AM

Here's the photo I took of the two Spirit of Scotland swatches I have. I adjusted the colour of the image until, in natural light, the hues appearing on my computer screen exactly match the actual fabric. (I realize that every computer screen is different!)

These are from Lochcarron.

The "trouble" if one can call it that of these tartans is that there are not strong contrasts between the various colours, so at distance the Modern when done up in a kilt looks more or less like a solid/selfcoloured purple kilt, the Ancient at distance looks like a greyish tweed with a subtle pattern, perhaps as suited for a jacket as a kilt.

Here is a lovely Spirit of Scotland Ancient kilt, pleated to the stripe, worn by piping judge Bob Worrall

Here's Spirit of Scotland Modern being worn by the Grampian Corby pipe band, pleated to the pairs of light blue lines

**tundramanq** · 24th March 13, 05:55 AM

The modern is a great match for my USAK PV! I have noticed this blurring effect too. The blue drops out pretty fast. Here in Albuquerque with full sun at 5600 ft elevation, my blue is vivid. When visiting Baytown, Tx, at sea level, the full sun seems to have less blue (atmospheric filtering?) and the blue stripe looks like your picture. In less than full sunlight or indoors it is pretty much gone most of the time and the purple dominates over the green and black.

**sailortats** · 24th March 13, 06:02 AM

That Spirit of Scotland Ancient kilt worn by Bob Worrall in the pic above is gorgeous. I like it so much more than the modern tartan.
I think I am going to ask the owner to forbid any more pics on this site. I can't afford to buy a new kilt every month.

**Eddie Batolo** · 28th March 13, 10:20 AM

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Awesome !!!!

**TheOfficialBren** · 28th March 13, 12:02 PM

Phil, I agree. I prefer SoS in Ancient colours, too.

**OC Richard** · 29th March 13, 07:03 AM

When I was ordering a new kilt I was torn between Spirit Of Scotland Modern and Ancient. I got those two big swatches. I viewed them at various distances. I viewed them in various light. I held them up to different jackets. I showed the swatches to several people, asking for their opinions.

In the end, I went with...

Isle of Skye!