Manx National
Bands: BGRYBBW · Stripes: B DG O LY DB T W B DG O LY DB T W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2822
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1946 — Manx National (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1958 — Manx National (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2822
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 185
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 185
Thread count
LN/12 B56 DB24 Y8 LT8 G36 LP/20

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #608CA4 #608CA4 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #303094 #303094 | B #2A418A | 0.05 |
| G | #005814 #005814 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| LP | #88609C #88609C | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| LT | #A86C1C #A86C1C | R #CC0000 | 0.16 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- RAF Leuchars — ΔT 1.25
- Silversea — ΔT 1.35
- Saltcoats (Saskatchewan) (District?) — ΔT 1.37
- Manx National District Tartan Tartan Number: 185. Earliest known date: pre 2003 These are the specifications supplied by the designer. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.40
- Kentucky, State of (District) — ΔT 1.42
- Mounth The.. Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 120. Earliest known date: 1988 Designed for Kincardine & Deeside branch of the National Trust for Scotland. Blue is a muted sky blue. Green is a dark pine green. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.42
- Saltcoats (Saskatchewan) — ΔT 1.46
- Wisconsin — ΔT 1.47
- Coats (New Zealand) — ΔT 1.48
- Scotia Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 89. Earliest known date: 1968 Originally designed by James Allan of East Kilbride and woven by him in 1850. The sett was reconstructed by David Easton, Galashiels, as a National tartan for Scotland. It did not catch on and the tartan is rarely seen today. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.48
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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