Was made one of these by a friend on Terris-Thule (thanks Skrabian!) It is the only cultural armor that a human smith can make for a bertox following gnomish-cleric.
On myself, it appears as a deep red, however, GNOMES have been removed from classes who can wear!!! (happened round the time gnomes could become SKs)
Dunno if any other pieces have changed, but hopefully its just a bug to be fixed