Purple Rain
Bands: BWBKWBWBWBWBWWWW · Stripes: DP LB DP K LB DP LB DP LB DP LB DP LB W LB W DP LB DP K LB DP LB DP LB DP LB DP LB W LB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11538
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 11538
Thread count
P/8 N4 P48 K2 N16 P4 N2 P4 N8 P4 N2 P4 N32 W4 N2 W/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| P | #64008C #64008C | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Longniddry Dress (Dance) — ΔT 1.54
- Longniddry Dress District Tartan Tartan Number: 88. Earliest known date: pre 2003 A dancers tartan from D.C. Dalgleish weavers of Selkirk See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.55
- Norwegian Centennial — ΔT 1.60
- Longniddry, dress — ΔT 1.62
- Florida — ΔT 1.64
- Illinois, St Andrews Society — ΔT 1.65
- Yarrow Dress, Purple (Dance) — ΔT 1.65
- Harris, Royal Blue (Dance) — ΔT 1.68
- Diamond Jubilee (McGill) (Fashion) — ΔT 1.68
- Harmony Eildon — ΔT 1.72
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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