Gammell (Brown) (Personal)
Bands: BGBGBGGG · Stripes: DB DY DB DY DB DY G DY DB DY DB DY DB DY G DY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1313
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1989 — Gammell (Brown) (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1989 — Gammell (Brown) (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1313
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4959
Thread count
DB/40 T4 DB4 T4 DB4 T12 G30 T/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scottish Monuments (Corporate) — ΔT 1.05
- Gammell Family Tartan Tartan Number: 597. Earliest known date: 1965 Designed (probably by David Thomas and Arthur Mackie of Strathmore Woollen Co) for the Hill family of Angus as a personal tartan. Tommy Gemmell (6.3.05) said "The tartan was designed using the largest Government sett by Mrs Hill's mother - a Mrs Gammell - who was a handweaver." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.05
- Stuart/Stewart of Appin #2 — ΔT 1.12
- Black Watch (Miniature) Regimental Tartan Tartan Number: 2200. Earliest known date: pre 2003 This is a miniture version of the regular Black Watch sett. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.14
- Manx Centenary — ΔT 1.15
- St. Andrews New Golf Club — ΔT 1.15
- Stuart/Stewart of Appin — ΔT 1.18
- Herron from Ulster (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- Wcwm 1527-2 — ΔT 1.29
- Jones (Welsh Name) — ΔT 1.33
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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