I guess I'm not necessary looking for the mythical meaning behind tartan patterns (however it would really be cool if there was!) but more so the artistic reasons why certain colors and patterns were used over other designs and colors. Were the reds, blues and greens more appealing to the larger mass of people; were those colors cheaper in costs, etc. Why some colors are are matched with other colors...were contrasting colors more appealing than colors next to each other on the color spectrum. Things like this I curious about.