Johnstone tartan
Clan tartan of Clan Johnstone.
The standard Johnstone sett: broad green and blue bands with narrow black and yellow lines. It first appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842, before which Border tartans were generally not named for families. The Register notes that the design may in fact have come from the Aberdeenshire Johnstons of Caskieben.
Thread count
Y6 G4 K2 G60 AB48 K4 AB4 K4 AB4 K4 AB48 G60 K2 G4Each letter is a colour and each number a count of threads. This sett has no pivots: it runs to the end and then repeats from the start.
Colours
- Y — Yellow
- G — Green
- K — Black
- AB — Anc Blue
Shades follow the Register's palette for this entry. Woven cloth varies by mill and by colourway.
Get the kilt
When you order a kilt, ask for the tartan by its full name — for example “Johnstone” — and say which colourway you want. “Modern” is dark and strong, “ancient” is lighter, “weathered” is muted. The sett is the same in each.
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Wear the colours
Our own Johnstone range is on its way: the name, the tartan and the motto on a heavyweight tee, a hoodie and a mug. About the shop.
