Tartan

Three examples of Scottish tartan.

Tartan is a pattern that has criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in many different colors.

Tartan Media

Tartans come in a wide variety of colours and patterns.
1970s Missoni tartan knit jumper (sweater) and skirt set
Visualisation of 2/2 twill weave: the black weft threads go two over then two under the orange warp threads, staggered by one thread each pass (resulting in a diagonal pattern). In the actual cloth, the white gaps would be closed.
Close-up view of traditional tartan cloth, showing pattern of diagonal "ribs" of colour; this is a five-colour tartan, in scarlet red, black, yellow, azure blue, and crimson red.
Tartan weaving in Lochcarron, Scottish Highlands
Zoom-in on a bagpiper's full plaid (royal Stuart tartan), showing the purled fringe style typical for such garments
The brighter of the MacLeod tartans, known affectionately as the "loud MacLeod", in the saturated modern palette.
The Glen Affric tartan (c. 1500–1600 AD), discovered in a peat bog in the 1980s

Tartan Day, is a day set aside for the celebration of the Scottish influence on North America, Australia and New Zealand, but not celebrated in Scotland itself. It is the anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath.
Tartanry

Online Tartan Designer^{[dead link]} Online photorealistic tartan designer
Kilts & Tartan Made Easy Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, free ebook by Nicholas Fiddes
Scottish Tartans Authority, an industry-supported Scottish charity
Tartan Finder all recorded and woven tartans, search by name or color
Online Tartan Creator
Online Tartan Designer

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