Tartan refers to woven cloth, usually wool or wool and linen.
The distinctive pattern comes from using different coloured threads. Bands of colour varying in width form a "sett" which defines that particular pattern. The sett is a repeating pattern that is the same in the horizontal and vertical threads. The combination of colours from weaving the horizontal and vertical threads gives rise to yet more colours, and hence a very colour pattern is produced that looks like intersecting squares and lines.
The easiest way to discover tartan is to try making your own-use the website below to experiment.
Make you own tartan
http://www.tartandesigner.com/designer.php
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