Arizona Tartan: Expense of custom colors

[Steve Ashton]

The original Arizona Tartan



Commissioned by a joint committee of Arizona State's Scottish societies, this tartan was designed by Dr Phil Smith and proclaimed by Governor Symington in December 1995. Colours: green is for the forest that covers half the state; brown for the desert; azure for copper, white for silver; yellow for gold; red for the Native Americans and the red, white and green stripes for the Mexican population.

So while a new design may be a pleasant pastime playing with color I see little chance of another design superseding what has been proclaimed as the 'official' State Tartan.