Farquharson
Bands: RBKBKBKGYGKBKR · Stripes: R DB K DB K DB K G LY G K DB K R R DB K DB K DB K G LY G K DB K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1149
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1149
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1957
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1957
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/4 DB16 K4 DB4 K4 DB4 K32 G32 Y8 G32 K32 DB32 K4 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Stephenson Hunting Tartan Tartan Number: 770. Earliest known date: 1981 Based on an old and un-named sett in the records of Messrs Bolingbroke and Jones of Norwich, prior to 1870. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.38
- MacRae Hunting (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.39
- MacRae Htg - 1820 (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.52
- Gemmell Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 3213. Earliest known date: 2001 Design copyright is owned by Thomas Kempsill Gemmell and Davina Creighton Gemmell. Designed in traditional tartan colours. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.59
- Mantle Tartan Tartan Number: 6945. Earliest known date: 2006 A combination of Sinclair Hunting and MacQueen tartans relating to the clan associations of the the two families, Swan and Sinclair. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.60
- MacKenzie Morgan — ΔT 0.63
- MacKenzie MINI Clan Miniature Tartan Tartan Number: 2677. Earliest known date: 1778 Generated for Dupion Silk Stock list for display purpose. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.64
- MacClellan — ΔT 0.64
- Akins of Candler (Personal) — ΔT 0.66
- Baillie (William Wilson) — ΔT 0.66
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/r2k1db8k8g8ly2g8k8db1k1db1k1db4r1~x4/