Norwell
Bands: RKRGWGKGBRY · Stripes: R K R G W G K G DB R LY R K R G W G K G DB R LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3166
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2003 — Norwell (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2003 — Norwell (Personal)) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3166
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5945
Thread count
R/8 K8 R64 Ga8 LN6 Ga8 K26 Ga6 DB36 R4 Y/6

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 #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #00643C #00643C | G #006100 | 0.05 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kilmorie — ΔT 0.30
- Brown of Castledean (Artefact) — ΔT 0.58
- Gordon of Abergeldie — ΔT 0.74
- MacLean of Duart #4 — ΔT 0.78
- Maclean of Duart (Wilsons) (Clan) — ΔT 0.79
- MacLean Variation — ΔT 0.81
- MacLean, Variation — ΔT 0.81
- Unidentified #16 — ΔT 0.84
- MacLean of Duart #2 — ΔT 0.84
- Asman Family — ΔT 0.85
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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