Gillespie
In pattern RGKYGRKGW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1339
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1860 — Gillespie (register-of-tartans, record)
- 19th century — Gillespie (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1339
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1361
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1361
Thread count
R/52 LG4 K12 Y4 DG16 R4 K8 LG4 W/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gillespie — ΔT 0.57
- Hello Kitty Red — ΔT 0.68
- McLinden, Thomas (Personal) — ΔT 0.69
- MacArthur-Fox Dress (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- Lambert Greer (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- Round Table Sweden — ΔT 1.02
- MacArthur-Fox Dress — ΔT 1.03
- Strathclyde Fire Services (Corporate — ΔT 1.04
- Burns 250th Anniversary (Commem.) — ΔT 1.07
- Peacock (Personal) — ΔT 1.11
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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