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We have very little information about the colors in which kilt suits were done. We note a wide range of shades in the photographic records. Many suits were done in muted plaids. Plaids were used in part because they were associated with kilts. The plaids for kilt suits, however, seen more muted than those used for Higland kilts. We have no real idea about the actual colors. We have, however, found very little color information. Most of our information about kikt suits comes from the 19th century photographic record.. And portraits in the late-19th century were still black-and-white photogrphs. This greatly complicates the problem of asssessing color. We note very few paintings showing boys wearing kilt suits, despite the popularity of the style as demostrated by the photographic record. We hope to acquire some vintage garments or other useful informsation to throw some insight on the subject of color. One important source of information is tinted photographs, but as we can see here, it was not possible to tint plsids with any degree of accuracy (figure 1). Most studios did not even try. Our major soyrce of information is vintage clothing. We note a medium blue kilt suit.
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