Gow (Portrait)
Bands: GRBRBRGR · Stripes: G R DP R DP R G R G R DP R DP R G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1473
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1473
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1390
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1390
Thread count
G/40 R8 P40 R40 P40 R8 G40 R/40

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DP | #440044 #440044 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gow — ΔT 0.89
- Fiddes #2 — ΔT 1.14
- Wilson's No.223 — ΔT 1.23
- Fiddes — ΔT 1.26
- Tulsa, City of — ΔT 1.49
- Fiddes (Corrected) — ΔT 1.63
- MacNab (Macgregor - Hastie) — ΔT 1.65
- MacDuff #3 — ΔT 1.68
- Highland Pub Company — ΔT 1.71
- Flora MacDonald — ΔT 1.71
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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