Wow this thread was just happening over the last couple days and who should walk by yesterday but a group of around ten monks!

Most of the robes were the usual "saffron" colour, but one guys' robe was indeed a brownish shade, and one was a brilliant glowing orange.

Monks and mordants aside, McClintock lays out all the evidence available to him (in the 1940's) all of which points to the saffron colour of the old Irish leine being a light clear yellow.

Nobody has yet to put forth any evidence which conflicts with his conclusion, that the brown-orange colour used in modern Irish kilts has no historical basis.