The early colonists really did dress that way.Bright colors were the norm.The Puritans and other early settlers weren't all that much like the version you got in school;they did NOT only wear black,nor were they anything like what the term "puritan" implies/infers today.
Exactly.
This is one of my "pet" historical periods, so I have to spend a lot of time re-educating folks on what the Puritans were really like.
They were not like you learned in school.