Great Scot
Bands: BBBBRBRBRBBB · Stripes: DB T DB DT M DP M DP M DT DB T DB T DB DT M DP M DP M DT DB T
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1521
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1521
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6106
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2980
Thread count
Ba/6 DB52 DBa41 Pa12 P6 Pa12 P6 Pa12 DBa41 DB52 Ba6 DB/12

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 |
| Ba | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBa | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| Pa | #B468AC #B468AC | R #CC0000 | 0.21 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Great Scot (Fashion) — ΔT 1.16
- Caledonian Club — ΔT 1.17
- Hutchesons' Grammar School — ΔT 1.31
- Hubbard Foundation of Scotland (Corp — ΔT 1.38
- Daks Muted blue Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1725. Earliest known date: 1987 Submitted in 1981 as a potential Currie sett. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.56
- Goldblatt, Joe, Jeff (Personal) — ΔT 1.61
- Benedictus Blue (Personal) — ΔT 1.64
- Daks (Blue) — ΔT 1.68
- Kilmarnock F.C. (Sports) — ΔT 1.69
- Mundigl Family Tartan Tartan Number: 6066. Earliest known date: 2003 We chose blue because we liked it See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.72
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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