Please help me identify this tartan!

[suzanne]

Someone said it was MacIntosh, but it doesn't look like it as it has yellow in it.

The colours, in case the photo isn't good enough quality are:

• Red
• black
• yellow
• blue
• white
• and a bit of purple/pink

Thanks!!

[Steve Ashton]

This is the Royal Stewart Tartan.

Please click on this link for the listing on The Scottish Tartans Authority.

http://www.tartansauthority.com/tart...wart-universal

[suzanne]

Hmmm. There is a distinct absence of green in my tartan and I see the one you have suggested has quite a bit of green in it.

[suzanne]

Ooops, I have since gone beyond your original link that shows lots of green and found other samples elsewhere, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_stewart.jpg, which does show my exact pattern. Thanks for your help@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_stewart.jpg

[RockyR]

It's missing the green, but it does look like a variation of Royal Stewart.

[Schiehallion]

You picture shows a very different weave being a plain weave, rather than a twill weave which is the usual way that tartans are woven.

[Tobus]

Judging by the weave, as well as the fact that the warp is not the same sett as the weft, I'm guessing this is not a real tartan at all. It's probably one of thousands of "plaid" patterns found in flannel shirts, boxer shorts, pajama sets, etc. I have a pair of boxer shorts with virtually that exact same pattern! They will generally look like a well-known tartan, but they are not.