Scottish Thistle
Bands: BKBKKBBBRB · Stripes: DT K DT K K DT DP DT O DT DT K DT K K DT DP DT O DT
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3746
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/02/2007 — Scottish Thistle (register-of-tartans, record)
- February 2007 — Scottish Thistle (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3746
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7098
Thread count
DB/4 B2 DB8 DBa30 DB6 Ka6 K22 DB66 Ka6 DB/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #8C90B0 #8C90B0 | R #CC0000 | 0.27 |
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| DBa | #181034 #181034 | B #2A418A | 0.20 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| Ka | #080020 #080020 | K #000000 | 0.14 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scottish Heritage — ΔT 0.99
- Spirit of Scotland — ΔT 1.25
- Finnie (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
- ODL (Corporate) — ΔT 1.35
- Comme Ça Il Principe — ΔT 1.45
- Little Hunting — ΔT 1.54
- Spirit of Wales (Fashion) — ΔT 1.68
- Ata?, H.M. & I.C. (Personal) — ΔT 1.78
- Payne (Name) — ΔT 1.81
- Spirit of Scotland (Corporate) — 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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