Chieftain
Bands: YKBKWBWBWY · Stripes: LY K DB K W DB W DB W LY LY K DB K W DB W DB W LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=630
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 630
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4504
Thread count
Y/4 K16 DB8 K40 LY4 DB8 LY40 DB4 LY16 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| LY | #F4F8D0 #F4F8D0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.05 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Auld Lang Syne, Grey (Fashion) — ΔT 0.91
- Unidentified #49 — ΔT 0.96
- Breton District Tartan Tartan Number: 3902. Earliest known date: 2001 Commissioned by Richard Duclos of Le Coudray-Montceaux, France and produced by House of Tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.96
- MacRae, Dress — ΔT 0.99
- Scott, (MacRae) — ΔT 1.02
- Laksaa — ΔT 1.04
- Bannockbane, Blue — ΔT 1.10
- McRae, Dress — ΔT 1.14
- Liberty Square — ΔT 1.17
- Laksaa (Manx) — ΔT 1.22
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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