"OMM - "their horses decked out in red and yellow"" Topic

Since King's Mountain seems to be the subject of the moment I wonder if anyone can shed some light on something that has been puzzling me for a while.

I recently read Robert Harvey's 'A Few Bloody Noses – The American War of Independence' and in it he describes the over-mountain men as being "a motley but colourful army of some 850 men, their horses decked out in red and yellow, the men wearing blue hunting shirts." I haven't seen this description of them elsewhere and I was wondering what it was based on and what a horse "decked out in red and yellow" actually looks like?

They wore the sigil of House Lannister?

I never read that before either. That sounds too ….. uniform to me, considering the troops.

I'd assume it was red saddle cloth trimmed yellow, but that wouldn't really fit with the "motley", which would suggest uniform saddle cloths weren't widespread.

Consistent doesn't need to mean uniform.

If like many Native tribes the settlers were relying primarily on a few good indigenous plants for their dyes a limited pallet is not unusual. Only close up would more expensive colors and decorations give individual patterns.

Maybe red and yellow checked blankets?

Thanks for the replies guys.

It would be interesting to know where the author got his information from because I haven't seen it elsewhere and his description does seem quite specific. Unfortunately, there are no footnotes in the book.