"Flash of color" in pleating to the stripe

[Barb T]

Figure this is as good a place as any to ask this.

I'm contemplating another kilt in MacKay tartan. It's predominantly green and overall fairly dark. Is there a good way to pleat this to get a reveal, or is this one not worth the trouble and just stick with pleating to sett?

I may have to spend a while with my current macKay kilt and play with it a bit.

The only way to be sure is to actually try it out with tartan in hand. But, you won't see a flash unless there's a really striking difference between what you see on the face of the pleat (the reveal) and what is immediately underneath the reveal and hidden unless the pleat opens. And lighter _inside_ the pleat makes a better flash than the reverse.

[piperdown]

The only way to be sure is to actually try it out with tartan in hand. But, you won't see a flash unless there's a really striking difference between what you see on the face of the pleat (the reveal) and what is immediately underneath the reveal and hidden unless the pleat opens. And lighter _inside_ the pleat makes a better flash than the reverse.

What an interesting thread. I have recently ordered the hunting weathered MacIntosh and had it pleated to the yellow stripe as there is a predominant red throughout that I didn't want in the pleats. I cant wait to see if this red will come out when the pleats open.