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Bands: BGBRKRKGK · Stripes: DB DG DB R K R K DG K DB DG DB R K R K DG K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1783
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1783
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 125
Thread count
B/6 G6 B40 R4 K4 R4 K40 G6 K/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacHarg, Iain — ΔT 0.89
- Chinzei Keiai Junior High School — ΔT 0.99
- Chinzei Keiai Junior High School — ΔT 1.01
- Durie — ΔT 1.03
- Gammell Family Tartan Tartan Number: 597. Earliest known date: 1965 Designed (probably by David Thomas and Arthur Mackie of Strathmore Woollen Co) for the Hill family of Angus as a personal tartan. Tommy Gemmell (6.3.05) said "The tartan was designed using the largest Government sett by Mrs Hill's mother - a Mrs Gammell - who was a handweaver." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.04
- Auld Lang Syne Burns Commemorative Tartan Tartan Number: 2400. Earliest known date: 01/01/2002 Launched on the 25th January at a the Beach Ballroom Aberdeen, to celebrate the birth of Robert Burns 2002./Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.08
- Lamont — ΔT 1.09
- Chinzei Keiai Senior High School — ΔT 1.10
- Christian Dewar (Personal) — ΔT 1.11
- Caledonian Hotel (Corporate) — ΔT 1.11
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/s9/db3dg3db20r2k2r2k20dg3k3~x2/