Colors for a Colquhoun Tartan

Antique Colquhoun Tartan

• The antique Colquhoun tartan dates back to the mid-17th century to the 19th-century. It features a sky blue and aqua background with black plaid and orange accents. The plaid is a large windowpane pattern that is symmetrical. Each block is about two inches across before it switches to the next color.

Modern Colquhoun Tartan

• The modern Colquhoun tartan dates from the 19th-century onward. The colors changed in this variety to a dark navy blue in the background alternating with a slightly lighter blue. The accent colors in this tartan are red and the plaid border is white. This tartan has large blocks, almost four inches across, and the plaid is not symmetrical, which is a variation for this clan.

Ancient Colquhoun Tartan

• The ancient Colquhoun tartan dates back from approximately the 12th to the 15th century. This tartan has a bright purple background offset with hunter green. The accents are red, while the plaid border is white and edged with black. This plaid is symmetrical and features blocks that are between two and three inches wide.

Colquhoun Dress Tartan Colors

• The dress tartan in Scottish clans represents the plaid members would wear to special events. Their everyday plaids were typically plain and more muted in color, but the dress plaids would go all out. The Colquhoun dress plaid is very ornate with small blocks of colors ranging from blue to green to white, with orange accents and black plaid striping. The checks are small and the pattern is asymmetrical.