Highland Spirit
In pattern KBKBKBKW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1718
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- Highland Spirit Weavers
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Highland Spirit (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Highland Spirit Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 5739. Earliest known date: 2002 Purple of the mountains, the dark of night and the "magic silver lining of Scottish freedom which gives pride, respect, excitement and honour about the wearer." Originally for T J Matthews, Blantyre See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1718
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5739
Thread count
DBa/42 P30 DBa10 P30 DBa10 P30 DBa42 LN/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| DBa | #000C3C #000C3C | K #000000 | 0.21 |
| DP | #440044 #440044 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Highland Spirit (Fashion) — ΔT 1.09
- Robbins — ΔT 1.59
- Nithsdale (Dalgliesh) — ΔT 1.65
- Embrace, The — ΔT 1.68
- Gifford (Personal) — ΔT 1.79
- Mother's Pride — ΔT 1.82
- Oban — ΔT 1.84
- Scottish Nuclear — ΔT 1.91
- Robbins Family Tartan Tartan Number: 412. Earliest known date: 1985 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.92
- Royal Scotsman Train (Corporate) — ΔT 1.93
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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