why black watch?

[figheadair]

Hi Serial Kilters! i notice that a lot of clans use black watch as the basis for there tartan.(like grant, gordon, campbell, mackenzie, etc) is there a reason to why so many clans use black watch? was it because so many clans served with them? Curious to find out. thanks

Grant, Campbell and Sutherland are the same as the Black Watch (Government) tartan. Other regiments adopted the Government tartan with the colour of one or more stripes changed. Often, the clans whose chief originally raised a particular regiment adopted that tartan, hence 77th = Murray of Atholl, 92nd = Gordon, 93rd = Sutherland.