Porcupine
In pattern RRRYRGYGRBW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3355
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1956 — Porcupine (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1969 — Porcupine (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3355
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1303
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1303
Thread count
N/4 R4 N12 LT4 N4 T32 Y28 G4 N4 B4 W/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| G | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Porcupine Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 1303. Earliest known date: 1969 Some mention of MacDougall and a Wilson connection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.95
- Porcupine — ΔT 1.15
- Unidentified, Silk scarf — ΔT 1.28
- Oregon, State of — ΔT 1.50
- Unidentified Silk scarf — ΔT 1.59
- Glendale — ΔT 1.62
- Arizona — ΔT 1.64
- Wilson's, No 132 — ΔT 1.75
- Wilson's No.132 — ΔT 1.79
- Isle of Man (District) — ΔT 1.80
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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