I really must slow down now...

[Blu (Ontario)]

I too, prefer the ancient and muted colors to the modern ones. The colors tend to be less harsh and an some cases more visible... esp. the dark ones.

And not to worry about the pinkish color... topic was well covered in

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...highlight=pink

It all boils down to personal taste.

The kilt looks great BTW.

blu

[Robin]

I'll just call it "ancient red"...problem solved

Oh...reminds me of this...



A guy called Norman Wilkinson (my hero!) invented the "dazzle painting" in WW1...this was not to make ships invisible (camouflage) to the enemy...they figured out that wasn't possible. The dazzle painting was used to disrupt the size and sailing direction of a ship.
This way they tried to make it difficult for a U boat to get a good aim....

so far so good...

They used all colours you can imagine...including pink and PURE WHITE...sailors raised an eyebrow on the pink, but they were more upset about the pure white. The sailors thought they were sitting ducks when white was used.

Norman just changed the colour code...pure white became grey tone nr.1

Sailors happy again