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Tartan Search, Identification, Finder & Designers

Here's the best on the web for finding out all you want to know about tartans - history, identification, design, and selection.  Scroll down or click on a menu selection below to find the best ways to search and identify tartans.

If you would like to own your own materials, check out a selection of books on tartan on our shopping resources page. 

 

Find a Tartan

(click on the picture)

Scottish Tartans Authority
Scottish Tartans Authority

History, shopping, and search (colour, name, number, keywords)

Scottish Register of Tartans
Scottish Register of Tartans

Search by name, designer, category, keywords, and colour

 

Identify a Tartan

Got a tartan you can't identify?  Here's some things to try.

House of Scotland
House of Scotland

Visual database of tartan and tweed in which you can see many images at once - search by colours or name

Do a Colour Search
Do a Colour Search

Use one of the registries above and do a search by colours.

Google Image Search
Google Image Search

Take a screen shot of your tartan and do a reverse image search

House of Tartan
House of Tartan

Reverse tartan search by enumerating the colours in order

Curious and Unusual Tartans
Curious and Unusual Tartans

Appeal to friendly special interest facebook groups and use the power of crowdsourcing

 

Design a Tartan

Got a an idea for a tartan?  Want to have a special design for your family name, an organization or cause.  Design your own and see it realized in print or woven to order.   Register it officially!

Scotweb
Scotweb

Use their tartan design tool to create your own - options to have yardage woven

 

Adopt a Tartan

Want a tartan of your own?  Unclear if you have a historical connection? There are a set of universal tartans that everyone can wear.  For example, Most kilt rental agencies offer Black Watch and Flower of Scotland as universal tartans.

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With the explosion of tartan design, there are more choices than ever.

Scotland Shop
Scotland Shop

Universal tartans