Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post

Scott, a word of warning on tartans derived from coats of arms: while the word gold is used on Scotweb to describe a certain shade of yellow, my personal preference is for a clearer yellow to represent anything gold.
And silver does not translate well into tartan either. Rather just use white.
While the language of blazon refers to the metals or and argent, they are invariably shown as yellow and white when rendered in cloth (at least, when this is done properly).
Metallic shades do not work well in cloth, whether in the form of an armorial banner or as tartan.
Regards,
Mike
Thanks for the words of caution, Mike. I meant 'gold' in the sense of a 'honey coloured yellow' as opposed to actual metallic thread (although it is intended to represent the colour of a metallic gold three pointed crown.

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After seeing all 4 together, I still like the grey field with the slate blue striping.