I have read several articles about the significance of the tartan, the colors, the spacing of the pattern, etc and how when all put together the tartan as meaning. However none of the articles told me how to, for a lack of better terms, "read" the tartan. Does anybody out there know of a resource which can help me interupt a tartan or is the notion that the tartan has meaning, other than the connection to a clan, a bunch of bunk? Please shed some light.

Thank you.