Culloden
In pattern RBBWKYKY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=820
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1746 — Culloden (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1893 — Culloden - 1893 (O&R) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 820
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1328
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1328
Thread count
R/10 B4 P28 W4 K26 DY26 K4 Y/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Culloden, Gold — ΔT 0.69
- Walter (Personal) — ΔT 0.92
- Walter — ΔT 0.93
- Culloden (Old and Rare) District Tartan Tartan Number: 1328. Earliest known date: 1746 Worn by a member of Prince Charles' staff during the battle but it is not known with which family or district it was first connected. It was first illustrated in Old & Rare in 1893 by D W Stewart whose son D C Stewart was a founder member of the Scottish Tartans Society. Now firmly established as a district tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.94
- Walter (Personal) — ΔT 1.01
- Maryland — ΔT 1.08
- Wilson's, No 83 — ΔT 1.15
- Wilson's, No 110 — ΔT 1.16
- Black Hills — ΔT 1.17
- Khosla, Sarah and Jatin (Personal) — ΔT 1.29
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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