Black Gold
Bands: GKGKBWGKG · Stripes: DY K DY K N W G K DY DY K DY K N W G K DY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=273
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 273
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4253
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2730
Thread count
Ta/4 K4 Ga44 W2 B56 K36 Ta6 K6 Ta/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C5070 #3C5070 | B #2A418A | 0.07 |
| DB | #003478 #003478 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #008000 #008000 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| Ga | #008B45 #008B45 | G #006100 | 0.13 |
| Gb | #146400 #146400 | G #006100 | 0.01 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| T | #783C10 #783C10 | R #CC0000 | 0.17 |
| Ta | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ogilvie 1 — ΔT 0.67
- Lochaber — ΔT 0.69
- Lochaber — ΔT 0.74
- Young, Melvina (Artefact) — ΔT 0.85
- Robertson, hunting — ΔT 0.93
- Whitson — ΔT 0.95
- Selby — ΔT 0.98
- MacDonell of Glengarry — ΔT 1.00
- Ogilvy Hunting — ΔT 1.04
- Colquhoun — ΔT 1.05
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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