A Tartan is a textile pattern consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors crossed at right angles. Each design (sett) is distinctive and associated with a specific clan. No two clan tartans are identical. Thus, a knowledgeable person can tell what clan you are associated with by the tartan you are wearing. Of course, things have loosened up a bit and some entities have tartans that are not clans at all. For instance, the tartan shown here is the official Carolina tartan.
