Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven cloth, but are now used in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. (Tartan is also known as plaid in North America, but in Scotland, a plaid is a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder or a blanket.)
Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the highland tartans were associated with regions or districts, rather than by any specific clan.
It is generally stated that the most popular tartans today are the Black Watch (also known as Campbell, Universal, Government) and Royal Stewart.
Colour: shades and meaning
The shades of colour in tartan can be altered to produce variations of the same tartan. The resulting variations are termed: modern, ancient, and muted. These terms refer to colour only.
Modern represents a tartan that is coloured using chemical dye, as opposed to natural dye. Chemical dyes tended to produce a very strong, dark colour compared to the natural dyes. In modern colours, setts made up of blue, black and green tend be obscured.
Ancient refers to a lighter shade of tartan. This shade is supposed to represent the colours that would be obtained by using natural dyes.
Muted refers to tartan which is shade between modern and ancient. This type of tartan is very modern, dating only from the early 1970s. This shade is said to be the closest match to the shades attained by natural dyes used before the mid-19th century.
The idea that the various colours used in tartan have a specific meaning is purely a modern one. One such myth is that red tartans were "battle tartans", designed so they would not show blood. Many recently created tartans, such as Canadian provincial and territorial tartans and American state tartans, are designed with certain symbolic meaning for the colours used. For example the colour green sometimes symbolises prairies or forests, blue can symbolise lakes and rivers, and the colour yellow is sometimes used to symbolise various crops.
Tartan is far beyond just the name of the fabric pattern. It is symbolized for Scotish Style. You can find many sell tartan outfit and accesories
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Traditional Tartan color
Today tartan is no longer limited to textiles but is used on non-woven mediums, such as paper, plastics, packaging, wall coverings....
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