Big announcement: new full Tartan Library showing all variant colourways

[SlackerDrummer]

Nice effort. I have to point out, though, that the colors are wrong for the Carolina (States of) tartan. [sigh]

Then would you care to contact us to with details of what you believe the correct colours should be? It's easily fixed if it's wrong. Our source data mostly derives from the Scottish Tartans Authority, before its recording function was made redundant by the official Scottish Register of Tartans. So major errors usually derive from there. We're keen to correct wherever we can.

Better. But I must have transposed the white and yellow when I gave the colors because they are backwards. The ancient and reproduction colors are still all the way wrong. But I have faith in you!

[Dale-of-Cedars]

Computers are notoriously fickle with colours, as different monitors, operating systems, and browsers can handle them very differently

Thanks very much for the reply, I'll take my view of the colours with a grain of mordant from now on...

[creagdhubh]

Computers are notoriously fickle with colours, as different monitors, operating systems, and browsers can handle them very differently - and that's before you get into issues like monitor calibration (which most people never bother with) and lighting conditions. On my own monitor here at home it does display as a dark green (and the yarn is indeed a dark green) and the monitors in the office we used to sample & define the colours were calibrated as carefully as we could. But I suspect this may be difficult to resolve perfectly. The only real answer is for anyone considering commissioning a piece to request yarn samples in advance if they are concerned about exact shades, just as we'd recommend ordering a swatch for an off-the-shelf fabric.

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