Press & Journal
Bands: KBKBW · Stripes: K N K N W K N K N W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3368
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/02/2007 — Press & Journal (register-of-tartans, record)
- February 2007 — Press & Journal (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3368
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7099
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
K/18 B6 K56 B50 LN/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #4C5484 #4C5484 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Perthshire (New) District Tartan Tartan Number: 2188. Earliest known date: 1992 The New Perthshire District tartan has established itself through use and wont since 1992. It provides a useful alternative to the Drummond pattern which was always closely associated with Perthshire. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.92
- Campbell of Loch Awe — ΔT 1.16
- Mackay (Blue) — ΔT 1.25
- Tartan Army Children's Charity (Corp — ΔT 1.27
- Kelley Oliphint — ΔT 1.29
- TACC (Corporate) — ΔT 1.31
- Slanj (Corporate) — ΔT 1.31
- Cadence — ΔT 1.31
- Connaught Green — ΔT 1.33
- Dege, of Saville Row — ΔT 1.34
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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