Hose: To Contrast, Complement and Harmonize

[SlackerDrummer]

As I said in my email to you, if you are looking for a red-toned hose that would tone well with that tartan, I'd recommend the claret over the orange of the "ancient red." My reason is that the claret has "cooler" tones that I think correspond better to the kilt, whereas the orange is a warmer color.

Matt has beaten me to the draw, but I agree, claret is the way to go in my view, if a"red tone" is the route you want to go down.

But the red in Jock Scot's kilt is the warm-toned ancient red and his hose here are the cool-toned claret.



That's a two-way street. I think the claret hose are a nice complement and the ancient red hose are a nice contrast. It sort of depends on the rest of the outfit as to which one is "better".

[Bugbear]

Seasonal skin tone color types? I don't discuss them on the forum anymore...

[Zardoz]

Here's a crop of a photo of some 'Brick Red' hose, worn with my Bluebonnet tartan kilt, (which has a dark red line in it).



And for comparison, here is a not so great crop of the same kilt with Claret hose, I think both the Claret and Brick Red work well with the Bluebonnet.


Personally, if I was going to run some 'red' hose with the Clergy tartan I think I'll cast my vote for the warmer Claret as well. Other dark reds would likely work too, but I'd avoid the "ancient" red, in spite of how it looks on your monitor, it pretty much looks orange in person. Don't be afraid of color, but don't overdo it either!

Honestly, If I had a kilt in that tartan, I'd most likey pair it with bottle green or Charcoal hose, but that's just me.

[MacMillans son]

In the Lewis hose line, I would prefer the medium gray vs. the charcoal gray. If I were going for the bold colorful route with that tartan I would agree with the claret. For something different, I think the Lewis hose in purple would also work quite well. Chris at Dunadd Trading Company has that color for sale.

Jock's point is well taken, they're only hose, just make sure both hose are the same color! I think most people will respect, though may not agree with, your bold use of color.

Go for it!

[creagdhubh]

Well said Kenneth, and I do like how the claret variant compliment the cool colors of the tartan, and the ancient red and other bold reds, contrast with the kilt...very smart indeed.

[robbiethepiper]

The combination of colours in the OP are what Sir Humphrey of the British Civil Service would call "a brave choice"

That may not mean much if you are american (???) See recent posts about giving general sense of where you're from......Robbie

[M. A. C. Newsome]

It was frustratingly difficult to photograph the ancient red and tartan red hose. I'm not sure why, but the tartan red always seemed to appear more orange than they really are, and the ancient red not orange enough.

Here are some images that might give a better idea of the true colors.

Tartan Red:


Ancient Red:

[ForresterModern]

It was frustratingly difficult to photograph the ancient red and tartan red hose. I'm not sure why, but the tartan red always seemed to appear more orange than they really are, and the ancient red not orange enough.

Here are some images that might give a better idea of the true colors.

Tartan Red:


Ancient Red:

Matt,

Side by side comparisons in the same photo should be able to show the relative temperatures of the different red hose you offer. The problem with photoing each individually is in your camera as its automatic exposure programming wants each photo to have the same overall average exposure (combined center and background), so a brighter color centered in the image will be actively under exposed by the auto-exposure features of your camera relative to a darker color in the same position with similar background. In other words you are likely being outwitted by a machine. The best way to get comparison color images is either put them all in the same photo together or to shoot one color, record the exposure settings/flash settings and repeat those settings for each and every other color, using the same camera and background setup.

jeff

[AFS1970]

I am personally not a fan of drastic contrast between my hose and kilt. So I would not go with red hose and a blue kilt. I do often try and use flashes combined with hose to compliment a tartan, however it is simple for me, as I only own a single kilt, so all choices revolve around one tartan.

[fluter]

Matt,

Side by side comparisons in the same photo should be able to show the relative temperatures of the different red hose you offer.

If you look at Matt's photos of the garter ties, you can see all four red colors together: here. Scroll to the traditional garter ties, and click to enlarge.

I find the tartan red to be just slightly on the orange side of red, just a very good scarlet hue. I have the garters in tartan red, and those are my most versatile pair. They go with almost all reds in my closet. I also have the claret garter ties, which works well with the HoE Wallace muted kilt.

My first pair of red hose, though, were the brick red. They are just that little bit less stark in tone. A possible match-up would be with the Edzell tartan, which has a very thin red stripe. Claret would work there, too.