Merchiston Castle School
In pattern KBKBKBKBKBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2934
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1988 — Merchiston Castle School (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1988 — Merchiston Castle (School) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
K/16 DB8 K6 DB8 K6 DB20 K6 DB6 K14 B41 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2C4084 | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scottish Claymores — ΔT 0.82
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- Rangers 1989 (Sports) — ΔT 1.10
- Cheape of Torosay (Personal) — ΔT 1.13
- Sabema — ΔT 1.13
- Forbes #5 — ΔT 1.13
- Strathclyde blue — ΔT 1.19
- Swallow Hotels — ΔT 1.20
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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.
ID: /setts/s11/k16b8k6b8k6b20k6b6k14ba41r4-b2c2c80-ba1474b4-k101010-rc80000/