Heddle
In pattern BBKBBBKBYBKBW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1677
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/06/2003 — Heddle (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2003 June — Heddle (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1677
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6775
Thread count
N/16 DB48 K4 DB4 N16 DB4 K4 DB8 Y4 DB8 K4 N24 W/6

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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #684074 #684074 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Pride of Norway (Fashion) — ΔT 1.09
- Tartan Army Corporate/Sport Tartan Tartan Number: 2389. Earliest known date: 1997 A tartan designed for the Scottish football supporters at the 1997 World Cup. The supporters were affectionately known as the Tartan Army. A strick code of conduct earned the supporters praise worldwide. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.24
- Royal Scottish Corporation — ΔT 1.33
- Midnight Sunrise — ΔT 1.35
- Scozia (Fashion) — ΔT 1.36
- Spirit of Alva — ΔT 1.37
- Blue Peter — ΔT 1.41
- Serenade (Fashion) — ΔT 1.41
- Rangers Football Club Dress — ΔT 1.44
- Wcwm 1475-2 — ΔT 1.44
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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