Gillies (House of Edgar)
Bands: BKBGRGKY · Stripes: B K B G R G K LY B K B G R G K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1341
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Gillies (House of Edgar) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Gillies (House of Edgar) (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1341
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 309
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 309
Thread count
B/64 K24 B24 G12 R12 G36 K4 Y/6

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 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bahamas — ΔT 0.92
- MacMillan, hunting — ΔT 1.02
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- Snodgrass — ΔT 1.10
- Bahamas — ΔT 1.12
- Ferguson of Atholl Clan — ΔT 1.14
- Snodgrass (Clan) — ΔT 1.15
- State Seal of Washington (Fashion) — ΔT 1.17
- MX-5 Owners' Club — ΔT 1.18
- City of Guelph — ΔT 1.19
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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