K9
In pattern RKWRBRKWKYWKR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1924
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1924
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7187
Thread count
R/80 K4 LN2 LT80 K6 LN4 K6 R10 DB44 R6 LN2 K6 R/14

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Unidentified #14 — ΔT 0.97
- Scobie (Name) — ΔT 1.04
- Unidentified 15 — ΔT 1.13
- Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) — ΔT 1.15
- Celtic Nations (Fashion) — ΔT 1.16
- Mehrtens (Personal) — ΔT 1.17
- Birral/Burrell — ΔT 1.19
- Birral (Clan) — ΔT 1.19
- Mehrtens (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
- Mehrtens variant (Personal) — ΔT 1.24
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.
ID: /setts/s13/r40k2w1lo40k3w2k3r5db22r3w1k3r7~x2/