Olympic
Bands: GBRKYBGBRKWBR · Stripes: DG DB R K LY DB DG DB R K W DB R DG DB R K LY DB DG DB R K W DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3242
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1976 — Olympic (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1976 — Montreal Olympics (1976) (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3242
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1923
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1923
Thread count
G/46 DB4 R4 K4 Y4 DB4 G12 DB54 R4 K4 W4 DB4 R/48
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #D8B000 #D8B000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Olympic — ΔT 0.70
- Olympicana — ΔT 0.76
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (symmetric) — ΔT 0.91
- Quebec, Plaid du — ΔT 0.94
- Roman Family Tribute (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
- Unidentified Furnishing — ΔT 0.96
- Quebec, Plaid du (District) — ΔT 0.96
- Scottish Wildcat — ΔT 0.98
- Bendigo — ΔT 1.03
- Roman (Personal) — ΔT 1.03
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.
ID: /setts/s13/r24db2w2k2r2db27dg6db2ly2k2r2db2dg23~x2/