Buchanan #3
Bands: BGKBKYKYKBKRW · Stripes: T DG K T K LY K LY K T K R W T DG K T K LY K LY K T K R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=416
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 416
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 173
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/4 G24 K2 B4 K2 Y6 K2 Y6 K2 B4 K2 R24 LN/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Buchanan #4 — ΔT 0.20
- Buchanan 1 — ΔT 0.51
- Buchanan 9 — ΔT 0.61
- Buchanan #2 — ΔT 0.62
- Buchanan (Logan) — ΔT 0.65
- Robieson Playfield (School) — ΔT 0.75
- MacWhirter — ΔT 0.79
- Buchanan — ΔT 0.82
- Baxter — ΔT 0.83
- Buchanan 8 — ΔT 0.84
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/t2dg12k1t2k1ly3k1ly3k1t2k1r12w2~x2/