Thorburn (1992)
Bands: BWBBBWBWR · Stripes: DB LB DB T DB LB DB LB R DB LB DB T DB LB DB LB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4125
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4125
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6615
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/24 LB8 DB8 B24 DB16 LB10 DB16 LB70 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kildonan Blue (Fashion) — ΔT 1.13
- Thorburn #1 (Name) — ΔT 1.17
- Halesowen (District) — ΔT 1.22
- Keela — ΔT 1.22
- Yale College, Wrexham — ΔT 1.24
- Carlisle (Family) — ΔT 1.27
- Breifne — ΔT 1.35
- Eildon/Longniddry Blue Dress Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 4799. Earliest known date: 01/01/1980 A Dancers' Fancy from Dalgliesh. This appears under three different names - Longniddry #5486, Eildon #4799 and Harmony Eildon #87 (original Scottish Tartans Authority references). Needs resolving. Sample in Scottish Tartans Authority's Dalgety Collection. /Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.36
- Keela (Corporate) — ΔT 1.36
- Crombie House Check Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2302. Earliest known date: pre 1997 A Corporate tartan for a general merchandising company whose mills were at Langholm, Dumfriesshire. Dark green and royal blue called for but lighter colours used here to display the sett. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.39
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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