PC colour question

[piperdbh]

Since the original questions have been answered, I have one about the illustration in OC R's post. The Tartan Travel Rugs are priced "from 25/- to 70/-". Does that mean they were priced from 25 GBP to 70 GBP? That seems more like today's prices rather than the era of this catalog.

[Chas]

Since the original questions have been answered, I have one about the illustration in OC R's post. The Tartan Travel Rugs are priced "from 25/- to 70/-". Does that mean they were priced from 25 GBP to 70 GBP? That seems more like today's prices rather than the era of this catalog.

Ah, no.

25/ means 25 shillings. There were 20 shillings to a £.

25/ would be £1.25

70/ would be £3.50

Regards

Chas

[piperdbh]

Ah, no.

25/ means 25 shillings. There were 20 shillings to a £.

25/ would be £1.25

70/ would be £3.50

Regards

Chas

The 2 shilling rugs would cost approx. $2. I wish those prices were still in effect. Thanks, Chas.

[David Dubh]

Thanks for all the repies especially OC Richard, with the highland dress brochure. I certainly like the idea of a coloured coatee is especially appealing, I have attended the odd black tie event kilted. All the non kilted men are always in black jackets, so I stand out anyway so why not do a coloured coatee. Now can I get that past the wife??

[Chas]

Of course, in the early days of the tuxedo (certainly from 1915) the alternative colour was 'midnight blue'.

Midnight blue is an alternative to black as a colour for dinner jackets. Due to the deepness of the colour, midnight blue formal clothes are almost indistinguishable from black. This has been the case since the 1930s, when the Duke of Windsor popularized the colour in suits and tuxedos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_blue

You can still see a few on occasion - usually double-breasted.

Regards

Chas

[sailortats]

I have noticed in this thread people referring to their PC as "archer green". I am not familiar with this name of the color green but I have a green PC myself. Is mine archer green or some other shade of green?

[Tobus]

I have noticed in this thread people referring to their PC as "archer green". I am not familiar with this name of the color green but I have a green PC myself. Is mine archer green or some other shade of green?

I could be wrong, but when I think of archer green, it's a much deeper, darker shade of green. Might also be known as forest green, whereas your jacket is more of a bottle green.

It's possible that the term "archer green" is a reference to the green colour worn by the Royal Company of Archers (though that's just a guess on my part). You can Google images of their uniforms for an example of that colour.

[Chas]

Well now, there's a thing. We all call it 'Archer Green', but maybe we shouldn't. I can't find a reference to it anywhere except on XMarks.

For what it is worth, my PC is the same colour as yours and I call it archer green -

But, but, but ...

Rifle green

Rifle green is a particular shade of dark green. It is so named from the distinctive colour of the uniform of rifle regiments (a form of light infantry) of a number of European armies, and is still used as such by rifle regiments in many Commonwealth armies, such as The Rifles and Royal Gurkha Rifles of the British Army.

Rifle green was originally adopted by rifle regiments in the 18th Century. As the traditional role of riflemen was that of marksmen and skirmishers who attacked behind the cover of trees, a dark green uniform was adopted as an early form of camouflage, as opposed to the colourful uniforms worn by other soldiers of the period.

Rifle green was the official uniform colour of the Canadian Forces (CF) after unification; it was thereafter generally referred to as "CF green"; indeed, the Service Dress uniform of the day was referred to as "CF greens". After the introduction of the Distinct Environmental Uniform (DEU), rifle green remained as the uniform colour of the winter Land Environment DEU; a short-lived tan uniform was worn in summer. After the demise of the tans, the rifle green DEU was worn year-round. Rifle Green was also the colour of the uniform worn by the Northern Irish Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) until 2001 where the RUC was replaced by the PSNI and the uniform color was changed to "bottle green".

Rifle green is 19–0419 TPX in the Pantone palette, or roughly 414833h in the sRGB colour space.

One of my Argyles, one of my PCs, Royal Regiment of Scotland Doublet



So maybe the RRoS doublet is Archer Green or it might be Rifle Green. What colour then, is the colour of our PCs?

You've asked a good question there.

Regards

Chas