Polaris Military
Bands: BKBKBKGYKBKYGKBKB · Stripes: B K B K B K G LO K DB K LO G K B K B B K B K B K G LO K DB K LO G K B K B
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 17 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3350
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3350
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 222
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 222
Thread count
B/24 K4 B4 K4 B4 K28 G24 DY4 K4 DB4 K4 DY4 G24 K28 B28 K4 B/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Fyvie — ΔT 0.69
- 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 0.71
- Shaw of Carolina (Personal) — ΔT 0.77
- Wilson's No.030 — ΔT 0.80
- MacLeod of Skye (Johnston) — ΔT 0.81
- Dyce — ΔT 0.81
- 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 0.82
- Blanton (Name) — ΔT 0.88
- Mackenzie — ΔT 0.89
- Campbell of Argyll (no guards) — ΔT 0.90
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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