Common Kilt
Bands: BRKGKBKR · Stripes: DB R K DG K DB K R DB R K DG K DB K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=720
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1819 — Common Kilt (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1819? — Common Kilt (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 720
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 554
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 554
Thread count
DB/4 R2 K4 DG50 K56 DB50 K4 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000048 #000048 | B #2A418A | 0.22 |
| DG | #044028 #044028 | G #006100 | 0.13 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacThomas — ΔT 1.13
- Coarse Kilt — ΔT 1.19
- Ogilvy VS — ΔT 1.21
- Singh, Gopal (Personal) — ΔT 1.23
- Dundas — ΔT 1.23
- Black Watch RHR — ΔT 1.28
- Kerr Hunting — ΔT 1.29
- Colqhoun VS — ΔT 1.31
- Colqhoun VS — ΔT 1.31
- Graham of Menteith — ΔT 1.38
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/r3k2db25k28dg25k2r1db2~x2/