A Different take on White Kilt Hose

[tripleblessed]

Maybe Black is the new white....personally I think Black hose is too drab to wear at a CELEBRATION and
so is white hose.

I'm from somewhere quite near this position. Having spent a lot of time on stage and/or lighting them, I struggled with both. Then I
remembered that black is not a color, but the absence of one, and our subconscious seems to prefer color. With white, maybe there's
an inner "Pick one, already" response to the fact that white is the mushing together of a bunch of colors. Either seems to jar the eye
in these situations.

Though I will admit some of my animosity stems from a hair-pulling two days attempting to light a Batmobile for a trade show and get it
to look sufficiently eye-popping. And having not been told ahead of time so I could plan and get better equipment. Then, late in the day
the day before the show, my client flew in the so-called "best in the business" to cover my inadequacy. Taking one turn around the car,
he looked at the client and me and said massive money was wasted flying him in. He went on to opine that with the equipment the client had brought it was amazing that I had gotten what I had, and the issue was the black.

Not to belabor the point, or perception, or mere opinion, a better result is almost always had with other choices.