Aitken
Bands: RKRKBKBY · Stripes: R K R K DB K DB LO R K R K DB K DB LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4891
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4891
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3029
Thread count
DR/8 K4 DR40 K32 DB24 K4 DB4 DY/10
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| DY | #C88C00 #C88C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.15 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gipsy — ΔT 0.76
- Gipsy (Fashion) — ΔT 0.86
- Grady, Highlands — ΔT 0.88
- North Berwick Pipe Band (Dancing) — ΔT 0.93
- Biffy Clyro — ΔT 1.08
- Unidentified #58 — ΔT 1.11
- MacKean Red — ΔT 1.11
- MacPherson Hunting — ΔT 1.11
- Unidentified #65 — ΔT 1.11
- MacLachlan — ΔT 1.13
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.
ID: /setts/s8/lo5db2k2db12k16r20k2r4~x2/