Kirk in the Hills
Bands: RKGWBKYKBW · Stripes: R K DY LB DB K LY K DB LB R K DY LB DB K LY K DB LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2004
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/05/1996 — Kirk in the Hills (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1997 — Kirk in the Hills (Commemorative) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2004
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2318
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2318
Thread count
LB/64 DB24 K4 Y4 K4 DB4 LB16 T16 K4 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #901C38 #901C38 | R #CC0000 | 0.13 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LB | #90B8D0 #90B8D0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.22 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scotia — ΔT 0.92
- World Peace — ΔT 1.00
- Cahaba Memorial — ΔT 1.00
- Yukon — ΔT 1.04
- Blue Dunnett (Fashion) — ΔT 1.09
- Yukon (asymmetric) — ΔT 1.09
- Yorkshire, C.C.C. — ΔT 1.11
- Corryvrechan Dress (Corporate) — ΔT 1.11
- Hodgkinson — ΔT 1.16
- Scottish Foundation VA Highlands (Co — ΔT 1.24
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.
ID: /setts/s10/lb16db6k1ly1k1db1lb4dy4k1r1~x4/