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    Quote Originally Posted by bubba
    Out of all this my impression would be that the wealthier the person the brighter the tartan. It's entirely possible the most common might have been in shades of brown. After all, brown does come in a wide variety of shades and tones. Just a guess on my part.
    That's probably a reasonable guess. Throughout history, some colors were just more expensive than others, so it stands to reason that would also be the case for tartan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by davedove
    That's probably a reasonable guess. Throughout history, some colors were just more expensive than others, so it stands to reason that would also be the case for tartan.
    Yeah. Like that purple that came from the sea snails. I think it was the Pheonicians that built an empire around that.

    So vibrant and pretty.

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