Tartan authority - what can I wear?

[TheOfficialBren]

***, Tobus. Much more meaning indeed.

[Shedlock2000]

Why the aversion to these colours? What's not cool about them?

As one whose clan tartan is of the blue/green variety, it can actually get pretty boring. I sometimes wish my clan tartan were of the brighter red/green style. I guess we are just seeing it from opposite ends of the spectrum, in a "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" type mentality.

But I think a good bit of advice is to simply embrace the tartan with which you most closely identify, and don't be so particular on the colours. Tartan has way more meaning than the hues it contains.

Sage words, Sir; Sage words.

[creagdhubh]

Why the aversion to these colours? What's not cool about them?

As one whose clan tartan is of the blue/green variety, it can actually get pretty boring. I sometimes wish my clan tartan were of the brighter red/green style. I guess we are just seeing it from opposite ends of the spectrum, in a "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" type mentality.

But I think a good bit of advice is to simply embrace the tartan with which you most closely identify, and don't be so particular on the colours. Tartan has way more meaning than the hues it contains.

Well said, Tobus!

[crash]

Why the aversion to these colours? What's not cool about them?

As one whose clan tartan is of the blue/green variety, it can actually get pretty boring. I sometimes wish my clan tartan were of the brighter red/green style. I guess we are just seeing it from opposite ends of the spectrum, in a "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" type mentality.

But I think a good bit of advice is to simply embrace the tartan with which you most closely identify, and don't be so particular on the colours. Tartan has way more meaning than the hues it contains.

The thing about our clan tartan Tobus is that there are so many similar tartans, like Graham and Campbell and others. I, like my dear Grandmother, am very fond of the ancient colours but I also like your kilt in the weathered colours. The modern colours can be, well...dark and not so exciting.lol I agree that a tartan with meaning is a great place to start.

[mookien]

I suggest that you take advantage of the search features on the Scottish Register of Tartans web pages to help you identify "candidate" tartans. Yes, the computer renderings of the tartans are only approximate, but they will give you a decent of idea of how they look. Link to ...

http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/search.aspx

For those in which you might have further interest, you can always get a better idea of how they really look in a variety of ways, eg. Google images, weaver web sites, kilt-maker web sites, et. al. Finally, if you are really picky, you can obtain a swatch and examine the tartan itself.

Good luck.

[Shedlock2000]

For those in which you might have further interest, you can always get a better idea of how they really look in a variety of ways, eg. Google images, weaver web sites, kilt-maker web sites, et. al. Finally, if you are really picky, you can obtain a swatch and examine the tartan itself.

Good luck.

Excellent link. I am impressed with the Dalgleish weavers website. But I can't save their larger image to compare side by side. I will keep looking and see what takes my fancy.

[mookien]

... I am impressed with the Dalgleish weavers website. But I can't save their larger image to compare side by side. ...

Have you tried using a screen capture tool to place the image in a separate file for comparison with other such images? Windows systems generally support the "snipping tool" (a free download, I think), and there are many other such tools.

For example, I chose a tartan at random from the Dalgliesh Tartan Library (Damson) and snapped the picture below.

Damson Snap.JPG

It looks small in this post, but if you click on it, it should expand to its original size. Of course, if you find larger pictures you can snap those for an even more refined comparison.

[Shedlock2000]

Have you tried using a screen capture tool to place the image in a separate file for comparison with other such images? Windows systems generally support the "snipping tool" (a free download, I think), and there are many other such tools.

For example, I chose a tartan at random from the Dalgliesh Tartan Library (Damson) and snapped the picture below.

Damson Snap.JPG

It looks small in this post, but if you click on it, it should expand to its original size. Of course, if you find larger pictures you can snap those for an even more refined comparison.

I have a mac, and I couldn't get it to do that this morning when I played with it. I can get it to sort of work on my iDevice, but it showd the browser bar at the top - which is not ideal.....

[Dangerdean]

I have a mac, and I couldn't get it to do that this morning when I played with it. I can get it to sort of work on my iDevice, but it showd the browser bar at the top - which is not ideal.....

That was using Command-Shift-3? If I remember correctly Command-Shift-4 will do the same thing while giving you the option of cropping the image, which you could do easily enough in Preview anyway.

[mookien]

I have a mac, and I couldn't get it to do that this morning when I played with it. I can get it to sort of work on my iDevice, but it showd the browser bar at the top - which is not ideal.....

If you navigate to ...

http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0...type=downloads

there are 33 downloadable snipping tools available from CNET, some of which are designed for use with the mac. Good luck.