Shanahan
Bands: BGKGYKRKRKYGKGBR · Stripes: B G K G LO K R K R K LO G K G B R B G K G LO K R K R K LO G K G B R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3772
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3772
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6027
Thread count
B/34 G32 K4 G48 DY6 K8 R4 K4 R4 K8 DY6 G48 K4 G32 B34 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1870A4 #1870A4 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| Ba | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #00643C #00643C | G #006100 | 0.05 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| Gb | #5C6428 #5C6428 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #CC4438 #CC4438 | R #CC0000 | 0.06 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Shanahan (Corporate) — ΔT 1.22
- California Burns (Personal) — ΔT 1.32
- Harkness Hunting #2 — ΔT 1.33
- Stuart/Stewart Hunting #2 — ΔT 1.41
- Proctor (Name) — ΔT 1.45
- Scottish Power Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2435. Earliest known date: pre 1996 Designed by Lochcarron for Scottish Power using the main corporate colours and taking care to produce a sett that could be seen as pipe band kilts at a distance. Scottish Power say (9.12.02) that Kinloch Anderson deal with this tartan and that permission to order/wear it is required from Scottish Power, Corporate Communications, 0141 566 4856. . See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.45
- Fraser, hunting — ΔT 1.49
- Kelly of Sleat Hunting (Name) — ΔT 1.50
- Boyle, Cameron (Personal) — ΔT 1.50
- Donegal, County — ΔT 1.53
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.
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