Nithsdale
Bands: GRGRGRGRGR · Stripes: DG R Y R Y R Y R Y R DG R Y R Y R Y R Y R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3142
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3142
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 533
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 533
Thread count
DR/24 G12 DR4 G8 DR4 G64 DR24 G8 DR8 Ga/40

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 |
| DR | #A00000 #A00000 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| G | #5C6428 #5C6428 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| Ga | #005448 #005448 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| R | #CC4438 #CC4438 | R #CC0000 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gray (Name) — ΔT 1.29
- Brave for Men (Fashion) — ΔT 1.45
- Granite City (Silver Granite) Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 7459. Earliest known date: pre 2007 Produced for Mike King of Philip King Tailoring Ltd, Aberdeen. Previously recorded by the STA as 'Granite City'. Thought to have been produced for Mike King of Aberdeen. . It is believed that Lochcarron of Scotland have now (Jan 2008) trademarked the word ‘Granite’ when used in connection with tartans. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.56
- Hanna of Leith (yellow line) — ΔT 1.65
- Unidentified Lindley #6 — ΔT 1.68
- Crowne Plaza (Corporate) — ΔT 1.70
- Gray (Personal) — ΔT 1.76
- 78th Highlanders (Fraser) (Mil.) — ΔT 1.78
- Historic Scotland Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2122. Earliest known date: 1988 Custodians at Historic Scotland properties throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh Castle, wear this distinctive tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.82
- O'Brian #1 (Fashion) — ΔT 1.82
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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