Grainger
In pattern BRBGBKWKBGBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1488
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1488
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6603
Thread count
DB/72 R8 DB12 G36 DB30 K36 W8 K36 DB30 G36 DB12 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dickson Name Tartan Tartan Number: 10140. Earliest known date: July 2009 A tartan designed by Matthew Newsome for George Newberry of Macon, GA, USA who wishes it to be regarded as a tartan for all Dicksons from Kirkcudbrightshire, who are descended from Richard Keith, son of the Marischal of Scotland (d. 1249) and Margaret, daughter of the third Lord Douglas. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.84
- MacCainsh — ΔT 0.86
- Unidentified #2 — ΔT 0.86
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — ΔT 0.87
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (Corporate) — ΔT 0.98
- Dalmeny - 2002 (Fashion) — ΔT 1.02
- Unidentified #32 — ΔT 1.07
- American Society of Travel Agents, The (2001) — ΔT 1.09
- MacLellan Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 323. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Very similar to MacLaren See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.15
- MacKean Green (Personal) — ΔT 1.17
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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