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    Quote Originally Posted by Katia View Post
    Just wondering if they're going for that "Outlander" aesthetic-- weren't the tartans in that show extreme "weathered" versions?
    The Outlander tartans were nearly identical to MacKay in weathered colours.

    Here's MacKay as woven by D C Dalgleish starting in 1949 in the colour-scheme they invented and called "reproduction" colours.
    Later Lochcarron began weaving the same colour-scheme calling it "weathered" colours.



    Here's one of the Outlander tartans. They left out a few narrow lines.



    Here's a length of MacKay weathered



    Here's the main character's tartan outfit

    Last edited by OC Richard; 19th July 20 at 09:44 AM.
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