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Plaid and tartan design: two, three, complex colour sett

Plaid and tartan — A sett of six colours woven at thread scale, the whole repeat only a centimetre across, overlaps darkening at every crossing, the cloth reading as a warm dense heather from any distance., tartan repeat, a fixed sett of banded colours run in both warp and weft so every crossing mixes to a new tone, the sequence mirrored about its pivot, the twill diagonal visible in the weave, heavy wool twill with a visible diagonal

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Reading 1Ditsy
Reading 2Medium
Reading 3Large

A tartan is a sett: a fixed sequence of coloured threads repeated in warp and weft, so every stripe crosses every other and the overlaps make new colours, mirroring at a pivot point. These nine render two-colour, three-colour and complex setts across three colourways. Ask for a different stripe count, and the same three sett types carry it.

  • a kilt or scarf fabric print
  • a picnic blanket or throw print
  • a phone wallpaper
  • a wallpaper repeat sample
  • a stationery or notecard background

Frequently asked questions

What size and format do these print at?
Each pattern is a seamless square tile at even resolution, so it repeats cleanly on fabric yardage or a wallpaper roll.
Can I get a different stripe count or colours?
Yes — the direction field takes any colour sequence, and the same three sett complexities render it.
What's the difference between the three setts?
Two-colour keeps the crossing simple, three-colour adds a second overlap tone, and complex layers several stripe widths and colours before the sequence mirrors and repeats.
Is this a real, named clan tartan?
No — these are generated setts built on tartan's real warp-and-weft crossing logic as a style reference, not a reproduction of any specific registered clan or corporate tartan.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.