Hosey
In pattern RBBBGGYGGBBBW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1770
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/11/2006 — Hosey (register-of-tartans, record)
- November 2006 — Hosey (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
LN/5 DBb3 B20 DBb3 DG5 G20 Y3 G20 DG5 DBb3 B20 DBb3 R/5

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2C4084 | 0.21 |
| DB | #00002C #00002C | K #000000 | 0.16 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| DBb | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2C4084 | 0.14 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006400 | 0.16 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| LG | #748888 #748888 | G #006400 | 0.22 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| LT | #7C6044 #7C6044 | G #006400 | 0.16 |
| R | #B80000 #B80000 | R #C80000 | 0.03 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- McCulloch (Personal) — ΔT 1.20
- Kentucky, State of — ΔT 1.32
- Stirling — ΔT 1.37
- WestJet — ΔT 1.38
- Copar a'Beannichte Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.48
- Down County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 1.48
- McCulloch (Military Colours) — ΔT 1.54
- Glendale — ΔT 1.56
- Scottish Heritage USA (SHUSA) (Corp) — ΔT 1.57
- Gordonstoun Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 190. Earliest known date: 1966 The specimen in the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society was supplied by Bullard in 1969. The original sindex card says it was supplied by Gordon Stewart in 1966. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.58
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/r5b3ba20b3g5ga20y3ga20g5b3ba20b3w5-b1c1c50-ba2888c4-g003820-ga289c18-rb80000-we0e0e0-ye8c000/