Strachan
Bands: KBKYKGKRKGKYKBKR · Stripes: K DB K LY K G K R K G K LY K DB K R K DB K LY K G K R K G K LY K DB K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3973
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3973
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2601
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2601
Thread count
K/6 DBa84 K6 Y4 K6 G44 K6 R4 K6 G44 K6 Y4 K6 DBa84 K6 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| 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.
- Whitworth (Name) — ΔT 0.65
- Riyadh Caledonian (Corporate) — ΔT 0.94
- Polkemmet (Corporate) — ΔT 0.96
- Prestoungrange (Personal) — ΔT 0.99
- Craig (Personal) — ΔT 1.03
- Spirit of Morningside — ΔT 1.04
- Angove, the Black Swan — ΔT 1.04
- British Caledonian Airways #1 — ΔT 1.06
- Cockburn Blue — ΔT 1.15
- Rankin #2 — ΔT 1.18
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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