Tweed Jacket Color Advice

[OC Richard]

I found a selection of jackets from the House of Edgar a few minutes ago. I like the Moss, the Russet and the Peat.

https://www.artisansofscotland.com/s.../kilt-jackets/

https://www.houseofedgar.com/product.../#kilt-jackets

I've noticed that on my monitor at least, the House of Edgar website's colours don't look much like they do in person.

"Peat" is rather darker than it appears there. It's really nice and goes with pretty much any tartan.

On my monitor at least this shows the Peat more accurately

https://www.thescotlandkiltcompany.c...waistcoat-peat

"Russet" is, well, more russet than it appears there.

Just now I looked around and all the photos I found of the Russet showed it looking beige or tan.

On this site, if you scroll through the various jacket photos, there's one showing a Russet jacket laid open so you can see the waistcoat, that photo (on my monitor) is the closest to the actual colour.

https://clan.com/clunie-jacket?srslt...NMVecN12K221Qk

[Dave Kerr]

I've noticed that on my monitor at least, the House of Edgar website's colours don't look much like they do in person.

"Peat" is rather darker than it appears there. It's really nice and goes with pretty much any tartan.

On my monitor at least this shows the Peat more accurately

https://www.thescotlandkiltcompany.c...waistcoat-peat

"Russet" is, well, more russet than it appears there.

Just now I looked around and all the photos I found of the Russet showed it looking beige or tan.

On this site, if you scroll through the various jacket photos, there's one showing a Russet jacket laid open so you can see the waistcoat, that photo (on my monitor) is the closest to the actual colour.

https://clan.com/clunie-jacket?srslt...NMVecN12K221Qk

Interestingly, the model seems to be sporting a kilt in Modern Kerr with the Russet jacket. I’m going to have to request a swatch of the Russet as well as the Moss.

https://www.thescotlandkiltcompany.c...f-edgar-russet

Dave

[OC Richard]

Something I didn't take into account was that perhaps each weaving, each run, is a bit different.

This is especially impactful with tweeds due to their colours being quite subtle.

So bear with me...here in the US we have a colour we call "taupe" which is for us a colour exactly halfway between grey and brown, and in addition often having an extremely subtle purple cast.

Stick with that 'exactly halfway between brown and grey' but change the subtle purple cast to a subtle reddish or rust cast, and that's the HoE "russet".

In that link you just posted all the photos lack that rust cast on my monitor, making the tweed look "greige" as interior decorators call it. But who can say? Maybe that run of Russet is less rusty than the runs I've seen in person.

HoE's "peat" is a dark chocolate brown, but very muted, perhaps one could say halfway between chocolate brown and charcoal grey.

It's these subtleties that make these tweeds so versatile.

Likewise most versions of "moss" I've seen haven't been overtly "green" but soft and subtle.

[OC Richard]

I thought of this thread seeing this photo of Cailean The Bagpiper on Facebook shopping for a kilt. Look how many sample books they have!

I'm pretty sure those are House of Edgar jackets. When I visited several Highland Wear/Kilt Hire shops in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2024 nearly every shop had HoE jackets, identifiable due to their colours Peat and Russet, and the fact that they don't seem to offer Argyll cuffs, except on their black Barathea jackets.

You can see the contrast between Lovat Green and Moss at centre, I think that's Lomond Blue behind. (No Peat visible, but I'll wager there's Peat on those pegs somewhere.)

[Dave Kerr]

I thought of this thread seeing this photo of Cailean The Bagpiper on Facebook shopping for a kilt. Look how many sample books they have!

I'm pretty sure those are House of Edgar jackets. When I visited several Highland Wear/Kilt Hire shops in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2024 nearly every shop had HoE jackets, identifiable due to their colours Peat and Russet, and the fact that they don't seem to offer Argyll cuffs, except on their black Barathea jackets.

You can see the contrast between Lovat Green and Moss at centre, I think that's Lomond Blue behind. (No Peat visible, but I'll wager there's Peat on those pegs somewhere.)

Thank you, Richard. Glad to see the three HoE colors side by side.

I do like the Moss.


Dave