Glasgow, University of
Bands: BWKYKGBK · Stripes: DB W K LO K G DB K DB W K LO K G DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1360
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1998 — Glasgow, University of (register-of-tartans, record)
- Nov. 1999 — Glasgow, University of (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1360
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2680
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2680
Thread count
DB/4 LN4 K4 DY4 K14 G8 DB44 K/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 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Burt #2 (Name) — ΔT 0.77
- St. Andrews University (Corporate) — ΔT 0.80
- Isle of Harris — ΔT 0.95
- Reese (Personal) — ΔT 1.04
- Glasgow, University of — ΔT 1.04
- Chestico — ΔT 1.12
- Glasgow, University of Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2680. Earliest known date: 2002 The official livery and promotional university tartan (STS). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.14
- MacBeth (Fashion) — ΔT 1.17
- City of Rome Pipe Band (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
- Royal Scottish Corporation — ΔT 1.20
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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