Hunting for a Lovat Scouts Style Bonnet

[Guthrumironhead]

Thank you for the reference pics. That blue is so dark it looks black. J Higgins still has a few black and white Mackie bonnets in stock and I was tempted to go that route and call it close enough, but I think I would regret it.

[Troglodyte]

Thank you for the reference pics. That blue is so dark it looks black. J Higgins still has a few black and white Mackie bonnets in stock and I was tempted to go that route and call it close enough, but I think I would regret it.

This must be a good example of why warnings are given about how different devices display colours.

The bonnet is distinctly dark blue - something very obvious in sunlight - but is quite a dense shade. It appears blue on my screen.

The colour shades currently used for bonnets seems some way from the colour they claim to be (I have no idea why this should be) as I would expect 'Lovat' to be the earthy, mossy green normally thought of - but the recent examples I have seen of Mackie bonnets labelled as Lovat appear a bright pale green, almost a candy-colour in tone. The same is true of the pale blues.

Conversely, some of the darker blues can only be distinguished from black when placed side-by-side with the black version - especially under artificial light.

But the colour of this old bonnet of mine cannot be doubted when seen 'in the flesh' and is probably closer to, but still some degree darker than, the traditional blue-bonnets seen in the old illustrations. No-one seems to have made those for decades.