Significance of white in a tartan

[OC Richard]

I think we are going to need need some fairly complex Venn diagrams...

This little gem is from the BBC - Today, the colours identify religion as red and green tartans represent Catholics and the blue represents Protestants. The divide is important in Scotland as one can identify people's religion by what colour tartan is worn.

Wow. I'm writing all this nonsense down, we're getting a fairly sizeable list already. Keep them coming!!

Now, colours do have liturgical meaning, but Catholics and Protestants use the same colours to signify the same thing: the seasons of the church calendar.



Isle of Skye tartan, being largely green and purple, fits nicely.