Germanic Foederati

[Alanus]

Then comes the hard part if you want to be verry exact try to find or let somebody make checked or striped cloths only made up from two colores... (I know this will disapoint a lot of Celtic/Germanic reenactors including me) Because I belief checked cloth made up from more then 2 colores is very rare...

If somebody can proof me wrong or is abble to back me up on this, please do...

I think you're correct. Since they were tweeds, the two colors produce three shades. I'm thinking of the Elizabeth Barber's Mummies of Urumchi, and the the burial materials of the Hotchdorf Prince (including a blanket sprinkled with swastikas).