The Tartan of Pride

[Riverkilt]

Just read in the June '08 STA newsletter that they've okie doakied tartan #7682 as the Tartan of Pride, designed by a couple guys in Sweeden to represent dignity and respect and show the colors of the rainbow.

BUT....dang, 7682 isn't on the Tartan Ferret yet and I can't google up what it looks like using multiple search words - including the designers' names.

Anyone have better luck? Would like to check it out.

Ron

[Spc. Scott]

Maybe this??

http://www.men-in-kilts.com/mill/tar...ow-tartan.html

It doesn't give a lot of info about it though.

[sharpdressedscot]

they're missing about 3 colors for the "rainbow"

[Riverkilt]

Could be, thanks Spc Scott,

But guessing if it was the same tartan it'd be labeled as its registered at the STA as The Tartan of Pride. Also guessing it may be too new to already be available...but not necessarily...heck, I don't know.

Just will know for sure if I find one that says 7682 The Tartan of Pride.

Ron

[Spc. Scott]

they're missing about 3 colors for the "rainbow"

Yeah I noticed that too.

I'll keep an eye out and be sure to post on anything else I find. You could be right with it being too new to to be listed. It sounds like it could be a nice looking tartan.

If you find something before I do give a yell.

[gilmore]

There are at least two others, shown here: http://www.tartans.scotland.net/tart...an_id=2653.htm

and here: http://www.tartans.scotland.net/tart...an_id=4086.htm

and possibly this one as well: http://www.tartans.scotland.net/tart...an_id=5981.htm

for the pride that dare not speak its name, as Bosie would have put it.

[Morris at Heathfield]

Just because a tartan has been registered with the STA doesn't mean it shows up in the Tartan Ferret. This is especially true for tartans in the 6000s and 7000s. Why this is so...is a good question, I think.

[Rex_Tremende]

I've played around with the Rainbow Flag colors on some of the tartan designer widgets, and I think it's hard to design something that resembles the flag and still makes a decent tartan. It's a little easier if you toss standard equal-width striping out the window, and just go for the colors and try to arrange them in an aesthetically pleasing way.

I feel that the designers of the Bear tartan* did a pretty decent job of it, except that theirs is not bi-directionally symmetrical.

I've seen the other pride tartans linked in this thread already, and I think they are ghastly. If someone's designed a better one, I too am anxious to see it.

Thanks for the heads up, Ron.

Regards,
Rex.

*Friends of the Bear tartan may convene here.

[ccga3359]

Perhaps something like the HBC tartan? Instead of concentrating on the traditional green, red, yellow and indigo stripes on a cream background they included those colours as thin barely perceptable stripes on black to great effect. I hope it isn't gawdy and flamboyant as there is an awful lot of colour to incorperate there.

[Kid Cossack]

I kind of like that Bear tartan.