Durham
In pattern KGKBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1052
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1819 — Durham (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1819 — Durham (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1052
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1089
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1089
Thread count
K/8 G16 K14 DB16 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 | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Burnicle (2015) — ΔT 1.27
- Austin (Wilson's No 173) — ΔT 1.43
- Montrose of Alabama — ΔT 1.50
- Austin / Wilson's No 137 — ΔT 1.55
- Melrose of Alabama — ΔT 1.63
- Austin WI — ΔT 1.63
- Austin WI — ΔT 1.63
- Denholm — ΔT 1.72
- Denholm (Fashion) — ΔT 1.72
- Austin / Wilson's No 173 — ΔT 1.73
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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