Brown of Castledean (Artefact)
Bands: BRBWKWKYKGRKRW · Stripes: DB R DB LB K LB K LY K DG R K R LB DB R DB LB K LB K LY K DG R K R LB
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/3738/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 1728 — Brown of Castledean (Artefact) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Brown of Castledean (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5130
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3738
Thread count
DB/24 R60 DB4 N4 K16 N4 K8 Y4 K8 DG30 R16 K4 R8 N/4

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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #D8B000 #D8B000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Unidentified #16 — ΔT 0.52
- Norwell — ΔT 0.58
- Kilmorie — ΔT 0.66
- Catalan Dance — ΔT 0.69
- Drummond - 1739 Lord John (Artefact) — ΔT 0.83
- Unidentified Bedspread — ΔT 0.89
- Roman Family Tribute (Personal) — ΔT 0.91
- Ogg of Tarragann — ΔT 0.92
- Unidentified 30 — ΔT 0.94
- Innes (D C Stewart) — ΔT 1.01
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/s14/db12r30db2lb2k8lb2k4ly2k4dg15r8k2r4lb2~x2/