List of tartans

This is a list of tartans from 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.
	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 Donald	Highland clans	Scotland	Listed in the Vestiarium Scoticum
	Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald	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 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".
	Culture of Cornwall	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.
	U.S. State tartan	Arizona	United States
	U.S. State tartan	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.
	U.S. State tartan	California	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Colorado	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Georgia	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Hawaii	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Nevada	United States
	U.S. State tartan	New Mexico	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Oklahoma	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Oregon	United States
	U.S. State tartan	New Hampshire	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Florida	United States
	U.S. State tartan	Texas	United States
	U.S. State tartan	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	Used by: West Virginia University

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
• List of U.S. state tartans

External links

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• Scottish Register of Tartans
• Scottish Tartans Authority - The only organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tartan
• Scottish Tartans World Register

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