Hutchesons' Grammar School
Bands: BRBBRBRBBR · Stripes: DT R DT DB O T O DB DT R DT R DT DB O T O DB DT R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1799
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/02/2005 — Hutchesons' Grammar School (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Hutchesons Schools Tartan Tartan Number: 6518. Earliest known date: 2005 Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow was thought to have been founded by the forebears of Colin Hutcheson - a Governor of the Scottish Tartans Authority and the designer of the Hutcheson tartan (#3808). George and Thomas Hutcheson were both Glasgow merchants and in 1641 set aside money for a school for orphans. Colin Hutcheson has taken the pattern of the Hutcheson tartan and changed the colours to tie in the the school colours. The new tartan was launched at the school in March 2005. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1799
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6518
Thread count
DN/8 R6 DN60 DBa60 N8 Bb16 N8 DBa60 DN60 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1870A4 #1870A4 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| Ba | #0098A0 #0098A0 | G #006100 | 0.23 |
| Bb | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DN | #14283C #14283C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Brethwe Powys — ΔT 1.00
- Hutchesons' Grammar (Corporate) — ΔT 1.15
- Caledonian Club — ΔT 1.20
- St. Andrew's Soc. of Philadelphia (C — ΔT 1.20
- Moray (Corporate) — ΔT 1.20
- Scozia — ΔT 1.22
- Goldblatt, Joe, Jeff (Personal) — ΔT 1.30
- Great Scot — ΔT 1.31
- Great Scot (Fashion) — ΔT 1.32
- Strathisla (District) — ΔT 1.35
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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