Sonsub
Bands: BKBKBYYYKY · Stripes: N K N K N LR LY LR K LY N K N K N LR LY LR K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3837
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2006 — Sonsub (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2006 — Sonsub (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3837
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6984
Thread count
Nb/60 K10 Nb38 K10 Nb4 Na40 Y4 Na40 K10 Y/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #443C3C #443C3C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| Na | #A0A0A0 #A0A0A0 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| Nb | #646464 #646464 | B #2A418A | 0.16 |
| Y | #D0D40C #D0D40C | Y #F2BF00 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bush (Artefact) — ΔT 1.06
- Cape Breton University Chemistry Society — ΔT 1.15
- Kyle Tartan Tartan Number: 1288. Earliest known date: pre 1984 Seen in Service Station at Gretna Green in 1984 by Angela Nisbett MSTS . Berars no relation to the other two Kyles (3615 & 3616). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.19
- Annan Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1742. Earliest known date: 1988 This sett appears in Paton's collection which is housed at the Scottish Tartans Museum, Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland. The samples are undated but the collection is known to have been put together around the 1830's, with some additions during the Victorian period. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.22
- Cork — ΔT 1.25
- Unidentified Plaid 6 — ΔT 1.29
- Fraser of Lovat — ΔT 1.31
- Unidentified Plaid #15 — ΔT 1.32
- MacEdward — ΔT 1.36
- Buccleuch (Fashion) — ΔT 1.37
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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