They (colors) burn my eyes..

[Anonymous]

Don't pay attention to the subject, it's a line from an old movie

My question is

Considering originals, would the below be seal brown or russet?

Or neither?

 

[jack aranda]

Russet, unless the seal was from Laguna Beach (sun-bleached).

 

[Anonymous]

Well,
If you apply the "auto correct" feature of the Microsoft Office Picture Manager, it becomes more russet.

The problem is that this is the
ROUGH WEAR 27752 see http://www.c-king.jp/mccoypages/mcc_mj9101.html

so by definition should be seal brown.

What do you think?

 

[CBI]

Russet for sure. My understanding of seal is that is pretty dark

 

[Anonymous]

OK for comparison, here's a seal brown, dark brown as you say

If that's the case, then Eastman's seal brown is far off (looks more like the 1st pic)

and from his desrciption

"It was made from a veg tanned Horsehide, that was Seal Brown in colour. Other distinguishing details include: Olive Drab colour thread, an individually numbered label under the right pocket flap, Chelsea brown coloured knit, a collar stand and a Talon zip."

 

[bseal]

Platon, not all 27752's were seal brown.

And it should also be noted that most dark colored jackets take on a more reddish tone with heavy flash as seen in your first image.

 

[deeb7]

OK for comparison, here's a seal brown, dark brown as you say

The Few horsehide comes in a wide colour range, the jacket pictured is one of their new dark seals, as opposed to just seal. It's so dark that in some lighting it appears black ... it's not a direct comparison.

 

[asiamiles]

Platon, not all 27752's were seal brown.

And it should also be noted that most dark colored jackets take on a more reddish tone with heavy flash as seen in your first image.

Though in this case there is a darker jacket on the left of the picture for comparison. A-2's from the likes of RM and BR comes in all manner of shades these days, and I'm sure all originals weren't exactly the same tones.