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This is a list of tartans from around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations. There are also innumerable tartan designs that are not affiliated with any group but were simply created for aesthetic reasons (and which are not within the scope of this list).

British royal and noble tartans

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Tartans in this section are those that are (at least ostensibly) of the current or former British royal family or of individual British nobility members.

Image Association Origin Notes
House of Stuart/Stewart Highland clans, Scottish royalty The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organisational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as a British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Charles III.
House of Stuart/Stewart Highland clans, Scottish royalty Another "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart. It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan",[This quote needs a citation] though it appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum at least 23 years before his birth. While the work's historical claims have been shown to be spurious, it described the design as the "clanne Stewart tartan", and the work was popular, so the tartan would have been familiar before George's birth in 1865. It is worn officially today by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards, and remains in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan.

For additional Stuart/Stewart tartans, see the Clan Stuart entry below.

Duke of Rothesay Highland clans; Scottish royalty The individual tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, a dynastic title of the heir-apparent to the British (and formerly separate Scottish) throne; currently Prince William.
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton Lowlands, Scottish nobility
Prince Charles Edward Stuart tartan Scottish nobility Essentially the Royal Stewart tartan but with a much-reduced red square. William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn included it in their 1819 Key Pattern Book[1]

UK military or government tartans

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A number of tartans, worn by UK military units, are known as government tartans, and are defined in a standard[2] currently maintained by Defence Equipment and Support within the Ministry of Defence. They are known by a number, a name, or both. The commonest in regimental use today are royal Stewart (to which a number was not assigned); Government 1, Black Watch; and Government 1A, Sutherland district (a slightly lighter form of Black Watch, and specifically with a lighter green – general-public fashion use often has a lighter blue instead or in addition).

For military wear, there are official specifications for the size of the full repeat (tile) of the sett (tartan pattern), which vary by tartan (e.g. 34.5 cm × 34.5 cm for Governemt 1A).[2] In kilt form, the tartans are worn with the central vertical line of the sett on the kilt's front apron running in-line with the buttons of the jacket and with the belt buckle; and the sett horizontally centred between the top of the sporran and the bottom of the belt buckle.[3] Exactly how the kilt is pleated (knife or box pleats, and presenting which colour at the pleat edge) varies by unit.[3]

The following table includes those government tartans worn by UK military units as from the 2006 creation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland onwards. Some other units may wear a named clan tartan without it being defined by this standard; these are covered in a second table below. For the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the pipes and drums in each battalion wear the uniform of their antecedent regiment (as listed below) for ceremonial dress purposes, but the Royal Regiment's standard Government 1A for non-ceremonial (and non-combat) undress purposes.[3]

Image Number Name Current units worn by; notes
Image of Black Watch tartan 1 Black Watch or "Government" Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots) drummers and drum major; inherited in succession from Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), and 42nd Regiment of Foot.

The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, under various names like old Campbell, hunting Grant, hunting Munro, etc. (often somewhat lightened).

Image of Government 1A tartan 1A Sutherland district Royal Regiment of Scotland (1–7 Scots) including bands (undress, aside from combat-order fatigues; kilts or trews, depending on climate and duties)[3]

51st Highland Volunteers (7 Scots) drummers and drum major;[3] inherited from Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

A partially lightened version of Black Watch (No. 1). Though named "Sutherland", this light-green version is particular to regimental use; civilian use of Sutherland district tartan is generally with light blue instead. It is also unrelated to the Clan Sutherland tartan.

Image of Gordon tartan 3 Gordon Formerly worn by the Gordon Highlanders.
4 Cameron of Erracht Highlanders (4 Scots) pipers, pipe major, drummers, and drum major;[3] inherited from the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) pipers and drummers.
5A
(formerly 2) 		MacKenzie Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots) drum major and duty bugler (trews);[3] inherited from Royal Scots Fusiliers and Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) upon their amalgamation.
6 Douglas Royal Gurkha Rifles pipers (trews and plaids); inherited from 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles.
7 Leslie Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) drummers (trews);[3] disbanded in 2021; inherited from King's Own Scottish Borderers.
8
(or 8A) 		Hunting Stewart Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) drum major (trews);[3] disbanded in 2021; inherited from Royal Scots.

Tayforth UOTC, including in kilt form inherited from the Dandy Ninth.

9 Forbes
11 Red Erskine Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots) pipers, pipe major, and drummers[3]
Royal Stewart Black Watch (3 Scots) pipers and pipe major[3]

51st Highland Volunteers (7 Scots) pipers and pipe major[3]

Scots Guards pipers

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards pipers

Former Royal Scots Borderers (1 Scots) pipers and pipe major;[3] disbanded in 2021.

[4] Hunting Rose Royal Tank Regiment pipes and drums, and officers in black-tie

A number of other tartans are, since 2014, no longer listed as official uniform material by the Defense Clothing (DC) division of the Ministry of Defence, and "DC do not purchase or hold any of the cloth",[2] but remain in use by some units' pipe bands and may be permitted for some other uses, such as uniform cap cockades, though are "unfunded" (must be provided by the units out of their own budgets). No. 1A was listed among these no-longer-official tartans in 2014,[2] but in 2019 was included in the official tartans of the entire Royal Regiment of Scotland,[3] so something clearly changed during that period.

Image Number Name Current units worn by; notes
15 Red Grant 32nd Signal Regiment bandsmen; also used for the diamond-shaped cockade backing the badge on the regular uniform cap.

Royal Corps of Signals pipers[citation needed]

The regimental version of this tartan differs somewhat from the clan version.

16 Red MacDuff 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC pipers and drummers; also used for the diamond-shaped cockade backing the badge on the regular uniform cap.[5]

The regimental version of this tartan differs somewhat from the clan version.

Another tartan was created in 2018 (approved in 2020) in honour of the Royal Logistic Corps,[6] but it is for civilian use and is a fundraiser for the RLC's MoD Benevolent fund; it is not used for regimental uniform.[7]

18 Red Robertson
19 Hunting Fraser
22 MacDonald of the Isles
23 MacDonald of Keppoch
Hunting Robertson 19th Regiment Royal Artillery bandsmen
Murray of Atholl Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse (C Squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry); inherited from the original Scottish Horse.[8]

It is unclear from available official documentation what tartans (ones apparently no longer in British military use at all) correspond to the serial numbers now missing from the specifications: 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, and 25.

Scottish clan tartans

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Further information: Clan tartan and List of Scottish clans

The tartans in this list are those ascribed to particular clans of Scotland, including Highland, Lowland, Isles, and Borders clans. Their status varies widely; armigerous clans generally accept them, while some have been officially adopted or rejected by a clan chief.

Image Association Origin Notes
Abercromby Lowland clans
Agnew Lowland clans
[9] Ainslie [citation needed]
[10] Aiton Lowland clans
Anderson [citation needed] Shared with Clan Gillanders
Anstruther Lowland clans Also known as Duke of Fife tartan,[11] shared with clans Beveridge, Ged, Kinloch, Kinnear, Lundin, Primrose, Balfour, Boswell and Kirkcaldy[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Arbuthnott Lowland clans
Armstrong Borders clans
[18] Arnott [citation needed]
Arthur Highland clans Also known as "MacArthur"; has an additional tartan called "Milton".[19][20]
Baillie [citation needed][3]
[21] Bain [citation needed]
[22] Baird [citation needed]
Balfour Lowland clans
Barclay Lowland clans
[23] Baxter [citation needed]
[24] Bell Borders clans Also known as "Bell of the Borders"
Bethune Lowland clans Also known as "MacBeth", shared with Clan McBain[25]
[26] Bissett Lowland clans
[27] Blackadder [citation needed] Also known as "Tweedside District", shared with clans Blyth, Learmonth, Spottiswood, Swinton and Boswell[28][29][30][31]
[32] Blackstock [citation needed]
[33] Blair Lowland clans
Borthwick Lowland clans
[34] Boswell Lowland clans
Boyd Lowland clans Shared with clans Fairlie and Fullarton[35][36]
Brodie Lowland clans
[37] Broun Lowland clans
Bruce[38] Lowland clans Shared with clans Carruthers and Crosbie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kinnaird[39]
Buchan [citation needed]
Buchanan Highland clans The primary Buchanan tartan is known for its asymmetrical design dominated by yellow and red. A symmetrical version called "Buchanan old sett" exists (the asymmetrical version being blamed on an error Logan & McIan's Clans of the Scottish Highlands, 1843).[40] Several other tartans are recognised by the clan association, which also rejects a number of others that have been invented by weavers or which originated in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842.[41]
Cameron Highland clans Cameron of Erracht variant shared with Clan Chalmers[42]
Campbell Highland clans Image is the so called "Old Campbell" which is a lighter form of the Black Watch regimental tartan, adopted by Clan Campbell, and shared with clans Bannatyne, Lyon and Paterson[43]
Campbell of Breadalbane Highland clans Second set of tartans, shared with Clan Paterson
Campbell of Cawdor Highland clans Shared with clans Calder and McCorquodale[44]
[45] Carmichael Lowland clans
[46] Carnegie Lowland clans
Carruthers Lowland/Borders clans
[47] Charteris Lowland clans Also known as "Roxburgh", shared with clans Belshes, Riddell, Ainslie, Rutherford and Haig[48][49]
Chattan Confederation of highland clans Based on Mackintosh Chief,[50] shared with clans Davidson, Farquharson, MacBean, MacGillivray, MacIntyre, MacKintosh, MacLean, MacPhail, MacPherson, MacQueen, MacThomas, and Shaw as its members[51]
Chisholm Highland clans
[52] Clelland [citation needed]
[53] Cochrane Lowland clans
Colquhoun Lowland clans Shared with clans Kirkpatrick and Laing
[54] Colville Lowland clans Also known as "Ayrshire District", shared with clans Dalrymple, Whitelaw and Arnott, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boswell[55][56]
[57] Cooper Lowland clans
[58] Craig Lowland clans
Cranstoun Borders clans
Crawford Lowland clans
[59] Crichton Lowland clans Also known as "Edinburgh District", shared with clans Newton, Preston, Spalding, Trotter and Moubray[60][61][62][63]
[64] Crosbie Lowland clans
Cumming Lowland clans Also known as "Comyn"; shared with Clan Cheyne[65]
Cunningham Lowland clans Has additional dancer tartans.[66]
[67] Dalziel Lowland clans
Davidson, Modern Davidson Highland clans
Donald Highland clans Also known as "MacDonald", shared with branches Dunnyveg and Largie, as well as clans Boyle, Heron, MacColl, Smith, Bissett, Houston and Kelly[68][69]
Douglas Lowland clans Shared with clans Glen, Glendinning, Sandilands, Troup, and Blackstock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Kirkpatrick[70][71][72][73]
Drummond Lowland clans Shared with Clan Grewar
Dunbar Lowland clans
Duncan Lowland clans Also known as "Leslie of Wardis"
Dundas Lowland clans
[74] Dunlop [citation needed]
[75] Edmonstone Lowland clans
Elliot Borders clans
Elphinstone Lowland clans
Erskine Lowland clans
[76] Ewing Highland clans
Farquharson Highland clans Shared with Clan Christie, second set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
Fergusson Highland and Lowland
[77] Fletcher Highland clans
Forbes Lowland clans Shared with Clan Bannerman[78]
[79] Forrester Lowland clans
Forsyth Lowland clans
Fraser Lowland clans Shared with clans Abernethy and Tweedie, and second set of tartans shared with clans Grewar and Bissett[80]
Fraser of Lovat Highland clans
Galbraith Lowland clans Also known as "Mitchell", shared with clans Hunter and Russell[81][82]
[83] Galloway [citation needed] Shared with clans Aikenhead, Blane, Clephane, Horsburgh, Newlands, McGeachie, Pringle and McKerrell, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Boyle[84][85][86]
[87] Gardyne Lowland clans Also known as "Garden" and "Angus", shared with Clan Maule, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Horsburgh[88]
[89] Gayre Highland (proposed)
[90] Gibbs Lowland clans
Gordon Borders clans Shared with clans Adam and Brisbane, and second set of tartans shared with clans Laing and Mar[91][92]
[93] Gow [citation needed]
Graham Borders clans "Graham of Montrose" variant shared with Clan Allardice,[94] "Graham of Menteith" variants shared with Clan Haldane, and both shared with Clan Pitcairn[95]
Grant Highland clans[96] Shared with Clan Cairns, second set of tartans shared with Clan Heron, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Bissett[97]
[98] Gray [citation needed]
Gregor Highland clans Also known as "MacGregor"; Shared with clans Grierson, Bain and Strange, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Grewar[99]
[100] Grewar [citation needed]
Gunn Highland clans
Guthrie [citation needed]
[101] Haig Lowland clans
Hamilton Lowland clans
Hannay Lowland clans
Hay Lowland clans Also known as "Leith"
[102] Henderson Highland and Lowland
[103] Hepburn [citation needed]
Home Borders clans Shared with clans Wedderburn and Aiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Rutherford[104]
Hope Lowland clans
[105] Houston [citation needed]
[106] Hutton Lowland clans Also known as "Strathclyde District", shared with clans Roberton and Muirhead[107]not to be confused with "Robertson".
Inglis [citation needed] [108]
Innes Highland clans Second set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton[109]
Irvine [citation needed]
[110] Jardine Lowland clans Shared with Clan Gardyne
Johnstone Borders clans Sometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surname often has non-Scottish origins; shared with Clan Marjoribanks
Keith Highland and Lowland Shared with clans Falconer and Mercer[111]
[112] Kelly [citation needed]
Kennedy Lowland clans
Kerr Borders clans
[113] Kincaid [citation needed]
[114] Kinnaird [citation needed]
[115] Kinninmont [citation needed] Also known as "Nithsdale District"
[116] Kirkcaldy [citation needed]
[117] Laing [citation needed]
Lamont Highland clans Shared with Clan Lammie, and fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson[118]
[119] Leask Highland clans
Lennox Lowland clans Shared with Clan Gartshore[120]
Leslie Lowland clans Second set of tartans shared with Clan Abernethy, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Laing
Lindsay Lowland clans Shared with clans Auchinleck and Byres[121][122]
[123] Little Borders clans
[124] Lockhart Lowland clans
Logan Highland and Lowland Shared with Clan MacLennan[125]
[126] Lumsden Lowland/Borders
[127] Lyon Lowland clans
MacAlister Highland clans
MacAulay Highland clans Third set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and fifth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
[128] MacBean Highland clans Shared with Clan Binning, and second set of tartans shared with Clan McBain[129]
[130] MacColl [citation needed]
MacDonald of Clanranald Highland clans
MacDonald of Keppoch Highland clans
MacDonald of Sleat Highland clans Shared with Clan Darroch, and second set of tartans shared with clans MacColl, Houston and Kelly[131]
MacDonnell of Glengarry Highland clans
MacDougall Highland clans Shared with Clan MacDowall [132]
MacDowall Lowland clans
MacDuff Highland clans Shared with Clan Spens[133]
MacEwan Highland clans
MacFarlane Highland clans
Macfie Highland clans Also known as "MacPhee".
[134] MacGillivray Highland clans
MacInnes Highland clans Third set of tartans shared with Clan Masterton
MacIntyre Highland clans
MacIver [citation needed]
MacKay Highland clans Shared with Clan Mackie, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Bain[135]
Mackenzie Highland clans
Mackinnon Highland clans
Mackintosh Highland clans Shared with clans Nairn and MacThomas[136]
MacLachlan Highland clans
Maclaine of Lochbuie Highland clans
MacLaren Highland clans Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan Lyon, and sixth set of tartans shared with Clan Paterson
MacLea Highland clans Shared with Clan Livingstone
MacLean Highland clans Second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillon
[137] MacLellan Lowland clans
MacLeod Highland clans Also known as "McLeod of Harris", second set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacLeod of Assynt Highland clans Third set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacLeod of Lewis Highland clans Fourth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacLeod of Raasay Highland clans Fifth set of tartans shared with Clan McCorquodale
MacMillan Highland clans Shared with Clan Baxter
Macnab Highland clans
[138] Macnaghten Highland and Lowland
MacNeacail Isle of Skye Also known as "MacNicol"; shared with clans Nicolson and Cunningham[139]
MacNeil Highland clans Formally known as "MacNeil of Barra"; has an additional tartan currently not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.[140][141]
MacNeil of Colonsay Highland clans
MacPhail Highland clans
Macpherson Highland clans
MacQuarrie Highland clans
Macqueen Highland clans Image shows both Macqueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant".
[142] Macrae Highland clans
MacTavish Highlands Shared with Clan Thomson
MacThomas Highland clans Second set of tartans shared with Clan Thomson
[143] Maitland Lowland clans
[144] Makgill Lowland clans Also known as "MacGill"
[145] Malcolm Highland and Lowland Has an additional tartan called "MacCallum"[146]
Mar Lowland clans Has an additional tartan known as "Don".[147]
Marjoribanks Lowland clans
[148] Matheson Highland clans
Maxwell Borders clans Shared with clans Adair, Herries, Maxton and Pollock, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Blackstock[149][150][151]
[152] McAlpine Highland clans
[153] McCulloch Lowland clans
[154] McGeachie [citation needed]
[155] McKerrell Lowland clans
[156] Melville Lowland clans
Menzies Highland clans
[157] Mercer [citation needed]
[158] Middleton Lowland clans
Moffat Lowland clans
Moncreiffe Highland clans
Montgomery Lowland clans
Morrison Highland and Lowland
[159] Mouat [citation needed]
[160] Moubray Lowland clans
Muir Highland clans Also known as "More"; The California State tartan, seen below, is also based on this pattern.
[161] Muirhead [citation needed]
Munro Highland clans
Murray Highland clans
Murray of Atholl Highland clans Shared with Clan Fleming, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Spalding[162]
[163] Nairn [citation needed]
Napier Lowland clans
Nesbitt Borders clans
[164] Newlands Lowland clans
[165] Ochterlony Lowland clans
Ogilvy Highland clans Shared with Clan Kinnaird
Oliphant Highland clans
Paisley [citation needed] Shared with clans Cathcart, Walkinshaw and Ralston, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Brisbane[166][167]
[168] Paterson [citation needed] Has an additional tartan known as "MacKellar"
[169] Pitcairn [citation needed]
Pollock Lowland clans
[170] Pringle Borders clans
Ralston Lowland clans Currently the only Scottish clan to have additional American and Universal tartans.[171][172]
Ramsay Lowland clans
[173] Rattray Highland clans
Robertson Highland clans Also known as "Donnachaidh/Donnachie"
Rollo Lowland clans
Rose Highland clans
Ross Highland clans Shared with Clan Lockhart, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Gillanders
[174] Rutherford Lowland/Borders
Ruthven Lowland clans
Scott Borders clans
[175] Scrymgeour Highland clans
[176] Sempill Lowland clans
Seton Lowland clans
Shaw Highland clans Shared with Clan Schaw
Sinclair Lowland clans
Skene Lowland clans
[177] Smith [citation needed]
[178] Somerville [citation needed]
Stewart/Stuart Highland and Lowland Shared with Clan Lyle, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Heron[179]Variant is slightly different than Royal Stuart, seen above.
[180] Stewart of Appin Highland clans
[181] Stirling Lowland clans Also known as "Bannockburn", second set of tartans shared with Clan Aikenhead
Strachan Highland clans
[182] Straiton Lowland clans Also known as "Perthshire District", shared with Clan Butter, and second set of tartans shared with clans Arnott, Balfour, Mercer, Maule and Spens[183]
[184] Strange Lowland clans
[185] Stuart of Bute Highland clans
Sutherland Highland clans
[186] Tailyour [citation needed]
[187] Tait [citation needed]
[188] Tennant [citation needed]
[189] Thomson [citation needed]
[190] Turnbull Borders clans
[191] Udny [citation needed] Also known as "Aberdeen District", shared with Clan Straiton, and second set of tartans shared with Clan Pitblado
Urquhart Lowland clans
Wallace Lowland clans Also known as "Wallace Red", and is also notably used on the 3M brand Scotch tape.
[192] Wardlaw [citation needed]
Watson Lowland clans
Weir Lowland clans Shared with Clan Hope[193]
Wemyss Lowland clans
[194] Wishart [citation needed]
Wood Lowland clans Incorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected.[195]
[196] Young Borders clans

Scottish non-clan family tartans

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Tartans in this list are ascribed to specific families or surnames, though not to Scottish clans; they range in date from 21st century to considerably older.

Image Association Origin Notes
[197] Burnett Lowland and Borders
[198] Cockburn Lowlands
[199] Drennan Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, and Lanarkshire Registered with STA pre-2002 (no. 4710) and SRT in 2002 (no. 975). Designed in 1952.[200]
[201] Durie Lowlands
Inchforth Lothian Registered with SRT in 2012 (no. 10575). A fresh and contemporary tartan design woven and manufactured as an alternative to the Menzies clan tartan for family & corporate purposes. The chosen colours are intended as a nod to Scottish-Irish familial links.[202]
Lauder Shared with Clan Maitland
McCandlish Galloway (Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire),[203] and Ayrshire Registered with STA in 1992 (no. 3324) and SRT in 2009 (no. 5216). Also exists in green, grey, and arisaid (white-field) variants.[204]
Oliver Borders area
Park

Welsh family tartans

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Beginning in the 21st century, tartans were created in Wales to mainly represent traditionally Welsh family surnames, also through the traditional wearing of "cilts", as the letter k is non-existent in the Welsh alphabet.[205]

Cornish

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See Cornish kilts and tartans § Family tartans.

Organisational tartans

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Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial and non-profit organisations. (For the Highland regiments, see above.)

Image Association Origin Country Notes
Burberry Company design England Created in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats.
Clan McDuck Disney United States Created in 1942 for Donald Duck universe/Duck Family features, possible "#1 variant."[206]
DunBroch/Merida Disney United States Created for the 2012 film Brave
Scouting movement Clan MacLaren Worldwide For use with Wood Badge

Regional tartans

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Tartans in these lists were created (mostly in modern times) for particular national and sub-national jurisdictions, most often officially, though with some exceptions.

Australia

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See District tartans of Australia.

Canada

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See Regional tartans of Canada.

Cornwall

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See Cornish kilts and tartans § National tartans.

Ireland

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The most traditionally associated tartan worn in Ireland is the plain saffron tartan, however, additional Irish tartans were created to represent its provinces and counties.[207]

United States

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The United States of America has tartans for certain states, as well as tartans that represent each branch and select units of the U.S. Armed Forces, in a similar manner to the British government.[208][209]

Image Association Origin Country Notes
US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Strathmore Woollen Company United States Adopted by the band in the early 1990s. Although it has no official US Military recognition, it has been widely accepted by US servicemen with Air Force connections. Originally created in 1988 as Lady Jane of St Cirus. A variation of this is named US Forces Thurso.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Technical Specification for Cloth, Tartan, Various" (PDF). Defence Clothing, Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence. 15 August 2014. UK/SC/6335 Issue 05.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Vevers, Gordon (2019). The Royal Regiment of Scotland Dress Regulations Part 2 (PDF) (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Royal Regiment of Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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  5. ^ "McDuff Tartan and the Corps". RASC-RCT-ScottishRegion.co.uk. Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Association. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2023. This source suggests that the tartan is "red MacDuff (ancient)", but it is clear from photographs that the unit does not wear the tartan in the de-saturated "ancient" pallette; see e.g.: "In one of the biggest events of 2017, 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC made history as the first ever Pipe Band from the Corps, or any of our forming Corps, to perform at the world renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2017". Royal Logistic Corps. 13 December 2017 – via Facebook.
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  17. ^ "Primrose Tartans". ScotClans.
  18. ^ "Clan Arnott Tartans". ScotClans.
  19. ^ "Clan Arthur Tartans". ScotClans.
  20. ^ File:Clan Arthur 2.jpg
  21. ^ "Clan Bain Tartans". ScotClans.
  22. ^ "Clan Baird Tartans". ScotClans.
  23. ^ "Clan Baxter Tartans". ScotClans.
  24. ^ "Clan Bell Tartans". ScotClans.
  25. ^ "Clan McBain Tartans". ScotClans.
  26. ^ "Clan Bisset Tartans". ScotClans.
  27. ^ "Clan Blackadder Tartans". ScotClans.
  28. ^ "Clan Blyth Tartans". ScotClans.
  29. ^ "Learmonth Tartan". ScotClans.
  30. ^ "Spottiswood Tartan". ScotClans.
  31. ^ "Swinton Tartan". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  32. ^ "Clan Blackstock Tartans". ScotClans.
  33. ^ "Clan Blair Tartans". ScotClans.
  34. ^ "Clan Boswell Tartans". ScotClans.
  35. ^ "Fairlie Tartans". ScotClans.
  36. ^ "Fullarton Tartans". ScotClans.
  37. ^ "Clan Brown / Broun Tartans". ScotClans.
  38. ^ "Clan Bruce Tartans". ScotClans.
  39. ^ "Clan Carruthers Tartans". ScotClans.
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  42. ^ "Chalmers Tartans". ScotClans.
  43. ^ "Clan Bannatyne Tartans". ScotClans.
  44. ^ "Clan Calder Tartans". ScotClans.
  45. ^ "Clan Carmichael Tartans". ScotClans.
  46. ^ "Clan Carnegie Tartans". ScotClans.
  47. ^ "Charteris Tartans". ScotClans.
  48. ^ "Clan Belshes Tartans". ScotClans.
  49. ^ "Riddell Tartan". ScotClans.
  50. ^ "MacKintosh chief tartan". Scottish Register of Tartans.
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  52. ^ "Clelland Tartans". ScotClans.
  53. ^ "Cochrane Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
  54. ^ "Colville Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
  55. ^ "Dalrymple Tartans". ScotClans.
  56. ^ "Whitelaw Tartans". ScotClans.
  57. ^ "Cooper Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
  58. ^ "Craig Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
  59. ^ "Crichton Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
  60. ^ "Newton Tartans". ScotClans.
  61. ^ "Preston Tartans". ScotClans.
  62. ^ "Spalding Tartan". ScotClans.
  63. ^ "Trotter Tartans". ScotClans.
  64. ^ "Crosbie Tartans". ScotClans.
  65. ^ "Clan Cheyne Tartans". ScotClans.
  66. ^ "Cunningham Tartans". ScotClans.
  67. ^ "Dalziel Tartans". ScotClans.
  68. ^ "Clan Boyle Tartans". ScotClans.
  69. ^ "Heron Tartan". ScotClans.
  70. ^ "Glen Tartans". ScotClans.
  71. ^ "Glendinning Tartans". ScotClans.
  72. ^ "Sandilands Tartan". ScotClans.
  73. ^ "Troup Tartans". ScotClans.
  74. ^ "Dunlop Tartans". ScotClans.
  75. ^ "Edmonstone Tartans". ScotClans.
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  77. ^ "Fletcher Tartans". ScotClans.
  78. ^ "Clan Bannerman Tartans". ScotClans.
  79. ^ "Forrester Tartans". ScotClans.
  80. ^ "Clan Abernethy Tartans". ScotClans.
  81. ^ "Hunter Tartan". ScotClans.
  82. ^ "Russell Tartan". ScotClans.
  83. ^ "Galloway Tartans". ScotClans.
  84. ^ "Clan Aikenhead Tartans". ScotClans.
  85. ^ "Clan Blane Tartans". ScotClans.
  86. ^ "Horsburgh Tartan". ScotClans.
  87. ^ "Garden Tartans". ScotClans.
  88. ^ "Maule Tartan". ScotClans.
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  90. ^ "Gibbs Tartans". ScotClans.
  91. ^ "Clan Adam Tartans". ScotClans.
  92. ^ "Clan Brisbane Tartans". ScotClans.
  93. ^ "Gow Tartans". ScotClans.
  94. ^ "Clan Allardice Tartans". ScotClans.
  95. ^ "Haldane Tartan". ScotClans.
  96. ^ "Girl Dresses -".
  97. ^ "Cairns Tartan". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  98. ^ "Gray Tartans". ScotClans.
  99. ^ "Grierson Tartans". ScotClans.
  100. ^ "Grewar Tartans". ScotClans.
  101. ^ "Haig Tartan". ScotClans. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  102. ^ "Henderson Tartan". ScotClans.
  103. ^ "Hepburn Tartan". ScotClans.
  104. ^ "Wedderburn Tartan". Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  105. ^ "Houston Tartan". ScotClans.
  106. ^ "Hutton Tartan". ScotClans.
  107. ^ "Roberton Tartan". ScotClans.
  108. ^ "Inglis Tartans". ScotClans.
  109. ^ "Masterton Tartans". ScotClans.
  110. ^ "Jardine Tartans". ScotClans.
  111. ^ "Falconer Tartans". ScotClans.
  112. ^ "Kelly Tartan". Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  113. ^ "Kincaid Tartan". ScotClans.
  114. ^ "Kinnaird Tartan". ScotClans.
  115. ^ "Kinninmont Tartan". ScotClans.
  116. ^ "Kirkcaldy Tartan". ScotClans.
  117. ^ "Laing Tartan". ScotClans.
  118. ^ "Lammie Tartan". ScotClans.
  119. ^ "Leask Tartan". ScotClans.
  120. ^ "Gartshore Tartan". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  121. ^ "Clan Auchinleck Tartans". ScotClans.
  122. ^ "Clan Byres Tartans". ScotClans.
  123. ^ "Little Tartan". ScotClans.
  124. ^ "Lockhart Tartan". ScotClans.
  125. ^ "MacLennan Tartans". ScotClans.
  126. ^ "Lumsden Tartan". ScotClans.
  127. ^ "Lyon Tartan". ScotClans.
  128. ^ "MacBain Tartans". ScotClans.
  129. ^ "Clan Binning Tartans". ScotClans.
  130. ^ "MacColl Tartans". ScotClans.
  131. ^ "Darroch Tartan". Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  132. ^ "MacDowall Tartans". ScotClans.
  133. ^ "Clan Spens Tartans". ScotClans.
  134. ^ "MacGillivray Tartans". ScotClans.
  135. ^ "Mackie Tartans". ScotClans.
  136. ^ "MacThomas Tartan". ScotClans.
  137. ^ "MacLellan Tartans". ScotClans.
  138. ^ "MacNaughton Tartans". ScotClans.
  139. ^ "Nicolson Tartans". ScotClans.
  140. ^ File:MacNeil tartan (Vestiarium Scoticum).png
  141. ^ "MacNeil Tartans". ScotClans.
  142. ^ "MacRae Tartans". ScotClans.
  143. ^ "Clan Maitland Tartan". ScotClans.
  144. ^ "MacGill Tartans". ScotClans.
  145. ^ "Malcolm Tartan". ScotClans.
  146. ^ "MacCallum Tartans". ScotClans.
  147. ^ "Mar Tartan". ScotClans.
  148. ^ "Matheson Tartan". ScotClans.
  149. ^ "Clan Adair Tartans". ScotClans.
  150. ^ "Herries Tartan". ScotClans.
  151. ^ "Maxton Tartan". Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  152. ^ "MacAlpine Tartans". ScotClans.
  153. ^ "McCulloch Tartans". ScotClans.
  154. ^ "McGeachie Tartans". ScotClans.
  155. ^ "McKerrell Tartans". ScotClans.
  156. ^ "Melville Tartan". ScotClans.
  157. ^ "Mercer Tartan". ScotClans.
  158. ^ "Middleton Tartan". ScotClans.
  159. ^ "Mouat Tartan". ScotClans.
  160. ^ "Moubray Tartan". ScotClans.
  161. ^ "Muirhead Tartan". ScotClans.
  162. ^ "Fleming Tartans". ScotClans.
  163. ^ "Nairn Tartans". ScotClans.
  164. ^ "Newlands Tartans". ScotClans.
  165. ^ "Ochterlony Tartans". ScotClans.
  166. ^ "Clan Cathcart Tartans". ScotClans.
  167. ^ "Clan Walkinshaw Tartan". Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  168. ^ "Paterson Tartans". ScotClans.
  169. ^ "Pitcairn Tartans". ScotClans.
  170. ^ "Pringle Tartans". ScotClans.
  171. ^ File:RalstonUSA.jpg
  172. ^ File:RalstonUniversal.jpg
  173. ^ "Rattray Tartan". ScotClans.
  174. ^ "Rutherford Tartan". ScotClans.
  175. ^ "Scrymgeour Tartan". ScotClans.
  176. ^ "Sempill Tartan". ScotClans.
  177. ^ "Smith Tartan". ScotClans.
  178. ^ "Somerville Tartan". ScotClans.
  179. ^ "Lyle Tartan". ScotClans.
  180. ^ "Stewart of Appin Tartan". ScotClans.
  181. ^ "Stirling Tartan". ScotClans.
  182. ^ "Straiton Tartan". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  183. ^ "Clan Butter Tartans". ScotClans.
  184. ^ "Strange Tartan". ScotClans.
  185. ^ "Stuart of Bute Tartan". ScotClans.
  186. ^ "Taylor Tartans". ScotClans.
  187. ^ "Tait Tartans". ScotClans.
  188. ^ "Tennant Tartans". ScotClans.
  189. ^ "Thomson Tartans". ScotClans.
  190. ^ "Turnbull Tartans". ScotClans.
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  192. ^ "Wardlaw Tartans". ScotClans.
  193. ^ "Hope Tartans". ScotClans.
  194. ^ "Wishart Tartans". ScotClans.
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  196. ^ "Young Tartans". ScotClans.
  197. ^ "Clan Burnett Tartans". ScotClans.
  198. ^ "Cockburn Clan Tartans". ScotClans.
  199. ^ "Drennan Tartan". Scottish Register of Tartans.
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