Campbell, The 42nd
Bands: BKBKGK · Stripes: B K B K G K B K B K G K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=536
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1819 — Campbell, The 42nd (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1819 — Campbell, The 42nd (Military) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 536
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 12
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 12
Thread count
B/12 K12 B36 K36 G44 K/10

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 | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Campbell of Glenlyon — ΔT 0.86
- Campbell of Glenlyon Check (Clan) — ΔT 0.86
- Austin Clan — ΔT 1.02
- Strathspey District (District) — ΔT 1.12
- Wellington or Waterloo — ΔT 1.13
- Falconer — ΔT 1.14
- Wilson's No.166 — ΔT 1.20
- Unnamed, No 54 — ΔT 1.29
- Keith Clan — ΔT 1.30
- MacNeil of Colonsay — ΔT 1.31
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.
ID: /setts/s6/b6k6b18k18g22k5~x2/