Tartans

Tartan (Plaid in North America) is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours.
==Tartans==
This is a list of tartans from around Scotland and the around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations. There are also innumerable tartan designs that are not affiliated with any group, but were simply created for aesthetic reasons.
Image	Association 	Origin 	Country 	Notes
 	Royal Stewart 	Lowland Clans 	Scotland 	Known as the "Royal Stewart Tartan", it is the best known tartan of the royal House of Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans.
 	McPhee 	Colonsay 	Scotland 	
 	Clan Davidson 	Highland Clans 	Scotland 	Most popular tartan of the Clan Davidson. Listed in Scottish Tartan Registry.
 	Black Watch 	 	Scotland 	Used by:
*The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS)
*Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
*42nd Regiment of Foot
 	Clan Stuart 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Stuart 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum. This is a "Royal Stewart tartan" of the House of Stuart. It is worn by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards. It was referred to by King George V of the United Kingdom as "my personal tartan".
 	Clan MacDonald 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacDonald of Clanranald 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacGregor 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacDuff 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Macpherson 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Grant 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Munro 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacLeod 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Campbell 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Sutherland 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Cameron 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacNeil 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum, but not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.
 	Clan MacNeil(Macneil of Barra) 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	One of two official tartans of the Clan Macneil.
 	Clan MacNeil(Macneil of Colonsay) 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	One of two official tartans of the Clan Macneil.
 	Clan MacFarlane 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacLaren 	 	Scotland 	
 	Clan MacLachlan 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacLean 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Mackenzie 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Fraser 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Menzies 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Chisholm 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Buchanan 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Lamont 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacDougall 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacIntyre 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Robertson 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Macnab 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Mackinnon 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Mackintosh 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Farquharson 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum and based on the Black Watch tartan.
 	Clan Gunn 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacArthur 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacKay 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacQuarrie 	Highlands 	Scotland 	
 	Clan Macqueen 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum with the caption "Makqwhenis, fowr stryppis red vpon ane blak fylde, and throuchout ye mydward of ye blak sett, ane zello spraing."
 	Clan Muir 	Highlands 	Scotland 	California State tartan, seen below, is based upon this pattern.
 	Clan MacTavish 	Highlands 	Scotland 	
 	Clan Murray 	Highlands 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Bruce 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Douglas 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Crawford 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Ruthven 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Montgomery 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Hamilton 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Wemyss 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Comyn 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Sinclair 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Dunbar 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Leslie 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Lauder 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Cunningham 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Lindsay 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Hay 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Dundas 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Ogilvy 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Oliphant 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Seton 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Ramsay 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Erskine 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Wallace 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum, this pattern dates back to 1842. It is also known as "Wallace Dress" or "Wallace Red", and is used on the 3M brand Scotch tape.
 	Clan Brodie 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Barclay 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Urquhart 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Rose 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Colquhoun 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Drummond 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Forbes 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Scott 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Armstrong 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Gordon 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Cranstoun 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Graham 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Maxwell 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Home 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Johnstone 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan Kerr 	Border clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	Clan MacNeacail 	Isle of Skye 	Scotland 	Called MacNicol or Nicolson tartan
 	Clan Macqueen 	 	Scotland 	Image shows both MacQueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant".
 	Clan Wood 	Lowland clans 	Scotland 	Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans - areas with which the Woods are historically connected.
 	Cornish National 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Cornish Hunting 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	St Piran's 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Cornish Flag Tartans 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Curnow Family 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Jewell Family 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Pascoe Family 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Pengelly Family 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Rosevear Family 	Cornwall 	England 	See also: Cornish kilts and tartans
 	Duke of Rothesay 	Highland clans 	Scotland 	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
 	William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton	 	Scotland 	
 	Park family 	 	Scotland 	
 	Oliver (surname) 	Border area 	Scotland 	
 	Burberry Check 	Company design 	England 	Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats.
 	State tartans of the United States 	Arizona 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Arkansas 	United States	Known as "Arkansas Traveler Tartan", it was recognized as an official state tartan of Arkansas in 2001. The green represents the forests and trees of the Ozark Mountains, a settlement location of Scottish immigrants. The blue represents the water bodies. The yellow represents the sunshine, and the red for the strong beautiful lakes, rivers, and streams; yellow for the bright rays of sunshine during the spring and summer seasons; red for the colour of blood, representing strong family ties to Scotland.
 	State tartans of the United States 	California 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Colorado 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Georgia 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Hawaii 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Nevada 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	New Mexico 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Oklahoma 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Oregon 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	New Hampshire 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Florida 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Texas 	United States	
 	State tartans of the United States 	Washington 	United States	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Alberta 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Cape Breton Island 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Manitoba 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Newfoundland and Labrador 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Nova Scotia 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Northwest Territories 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	Saskatchewan 	Canada 	
 	Regional tartans of Canada 	National 	Canada 	
 	U.S. Air Force Pipe Band 	Strathmore Woollen Company	United States	Extensive description
 	West Virginia University 	 	United States	Designed by:
*West Virginia University alumna Maria Belcher
 	Team Rubicon 	Corporate 	United States	Designed by: Scott Coykendall
Only for use by registered volunteers and paid employees of Team Rubicon USA, Team Rubicon Global; to include Team Rubicon UK, Team Rubicon Australia, Team Rubicon Canada, Team Rubicon Norway, and other Team Rubicon Organisations that may be formed in the future.
==See also==
*Vestiarium Scoticum#The Tartans, tables of the tartans listed in The tartans presented in the Vestiarium Scoticum, with thread counts and Scottish Tartans Society designation
*Scottish Tartans Authority
*Border tartan
*Scottish Register of Tartans
*Regional tartans of Canada
*State tartans of the United States
==References==
==External links==
* Scottish Register of Tartans
* Scottish Tartans Authority - The only organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tartan 
* Scottish Tartans World Register
Category:Tartans