Here's an Athol Highlanders piper. Seems that the kilt and plaid match.



But here's a pipe band where the kilt and plaid do not match. I really like this look.



Both tartans are copied from the same 18th century painting (The MacDonald Children). But two versions are often in production, one that has the black line of the original (seen in the plaids above), and the other a defective version which lacks the black line (seen in the kilts above).

(thus did the Allen Brothers foist yet another bogus tartan upon us.)