Personally, I don't see a problem with it at all either. Proliferation is fine in my books... I would also make one simple suggestion though. STOP trying to assign specific meaning and symbolism to each thread color. (That was kind of the gentle point of my last post which was perhaps too subtle and therefore missed). If you want to do this -- do it by creating a tartan that is overall, aesthetically pleasing. Then, if you truly want to assign symbolism, do it later. But just realize that education is a very, very broad cross-section of people, and K-12 teachers only scratch the surface. Even college instructors are just a small slice. An educator could really be anyone... Home schooling mothers, coaches, corporate trainers, tutors, music teachers, martial arts trainers, etc, etc.

I'm not saying that such a project would be futile -- but what I AM saying is that you're essentially creating a universal tartan that would be aimed at a VERY large cross-section of society. As the saying goes, opinions are like a*****s: everybody's got one.

Because of the large segment you're trying to represent, you're going to get so many opinions, and so many varying ideas on what an educator's tartan should look like, I think the best (maybe only) option would be just to make one, and register it.. (And hope people like it)...