1.) Magnoli Dark Khaki Trousers
2.) Wested Pants
3.) Noel Howard Pants (trying to find another set by the way!)
4.) Magnoli Golden Rods
Anyway, in terms of color, I think i have found the best. First things first, the khaki color, in any variation, is naturally hard to capture. Different lightings and even different angles while the pants are on the body can create a subtlely different tone.
I think most of the screengrabs that gearheads use to find the color of the pants (i.e. Indy on the flying wing, used to see pockets, Indy in Cairo, etc) are great for pattern detail but not for color. The scenes in Cario, very dusty and very bright, creating an orange hue to everything (Indy's face and yes..the pants). The scenes in the temple are too dark, as well as the scenes in the Well of the souls.
So, how can we truly find the color of the pants? Well, we cant. Besides, I am sure they used more than one set of pants, so each pair may have had a different hue .
Anyway, I have here a set of Magnoli's Golden Rod cotton pants and I believe they are the most SA in terms of color. Now I am not trying to convince anybody but for the price, these are perfect. It all depends on what you see. Perhaps in the temple scenes, they used darker pants, which, in that case, Noel's would be the ones. But they seemed just a little too dark. They lacked pinkess.
well, here are the pics. Now, different sets of lighting were used (no flash on all of these pics) just different lights. Natural, dark, and light. The color is amazingly hard to photograph but here they are...
Pic 1 This is the color! I used natural light and this is what convinced me this is it. Not too light, but not too dark. Just right. Now for some this will still be too light but, like I said, I am just posting here.
MODS: I am sorry but I wanted to upload these big so the color can be seen!
Pic 2 Military style hem detail, color is a bit faded, but this just shows the hem
Pic 3
Close up of pocket. Notice how the color is different. A lighter set of light but still relatively dark. Now we see that gray hue seen in the temple scene. As a side note: the pockets need to be slightly more scalloped. Thats my only complaint.
Pics 3/4
Unfortunately, I sold my Magnoli shirt to fund my other shirt purchase. I am stuck between an AB or a todds. Still trying to figure out which is better (SA color wise, AB is perfect but Todds is cheaper but his color is off). Anyway here is a light "stone wash" shirt I have. Old Navy issue.
