Clerk
Bands: BKGKRK · Stripes: DB K DG K R K DB K DG K R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=685
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 685
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 326
Thread count
B/20 K4 G4 K4 R12 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacTavish #2 — ΔT 0.63
- Grammar School at Leeds (School) — ΔT 0.88
- Clerk — ΔT 0.95
- Trinity College, Toronto Uni. (Corp — ΔT 1.18
- Unidentified #61 — ΔT 1.20
- Fife (McGill) — ΔT 1.21
- Baillie (Highland Society) — ΔT 1.22
- Lanark (Fashion #1) — ΔT 1.26
- University of Notre Dame — ΔT 1.27
- MacKean Red (Personal) — ΔT 1.28
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/db5k1dg1k1r3k1~x4/