California State
In pattern WKBKGRGRGRGKY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=482
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/09/1997 — California State (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1998 — California State (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
LP/8 K2 B56 K32 G20 R4 G20 R8 G20 R4 G20 K2 Y/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.22 |
| R | #C8002C #C8002C | R #C80000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- California State American District Tartan Tartan Number: 2454. Earliest known date: 1998 Designed by J.Howard Standing of Tarzana, California and Thomas Ferguson of Sydney, British Columbia. Adopted as the 'official' California State tartan by the State Legislature. For general use by all those living in the State. Based on Muir, after the famous botanist and environmentalist John Muir who lived in California. Assembly Bill 2362, february 20th 1998. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.23
- California — ΔT 0.95
- Stirling University #2 — ΔT 0.96
- Currie — ΔT 0.96
- Tait #2 — ΔT 0.97
- Brehat (Personal) — ΔT 1.04
- Birch Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2157. Earliest known date: 1993 The Birch family tartan was designed and produced by Mr Robin Birch of Connell Reid kiltmaker, Blairgowrie. The new sett has been recorded by the Scottish Tartans Society. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.04
- Campbell, Brown — ΔT 1.07
- Fermanagh County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 1.11
- Baron of Greencastle (Personal) — ΔT 1.16
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.
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