Parts of Tartan

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Hi all,

I am sure that I have come across resources in the past on this topic, but for the life of me, my search engine skill seem to be lacking, and I can't seem to find what I am looking


I'd to know how one classifies the constituent parts of tartan. I'll lay out what I think I know, and I would love correction and clarification.

I believe the dominant color of tartan fabric can be referred to as the "ground", since it often seems to be the base that other colors "stand on" or are supported by.

Correct, but most tartans have more.than one ground colour. In the Balck Watch the blue.and green are the gound.colours; in the Grant it's the red and green.

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believe that where the colors of warp and weft meet are called "check".

No, they are called pure colours.

I do not know how to classify the intermediate spaces where colors are blended.

They are called half-tones.

I do not know how to classify the relationship between the ground and the other colors, other than maybe to discuss the secondary, tertiary, etc., colors.

Bars and overstripes, depending on the size and position.





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