X Marks the Scot
Bands: WBRBRBRBBY · Stripes: W DB O DB O DB O DB DB LY W DB O DB O DB O DB DB LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4790
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/07/2005 — X Marks the Scot (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2005 July — X Marks the Scot (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4790
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6679
Thread count
LN/12 DBa64 N6 DBa6 N2 DBa6 N4 DB8 DBa2 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBa | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Oxford University Dress (Corporate) — ΔT 0.94
- Indiana #2 — ΔT 1.02
- Baker Family Tartan Tartan Number: 613. Earliest known date: pre 2003 STS notes 'Sample in trade specimens file.' See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.10
- Parr — ΔT 1.14
- Skye — ΔT 1.22
- Baker — ΔT 1.23
- Blue Brough from Orkney — ΔT 1.23
- Baker — ΔT 1.23
- London '88 — ΔT 1.24
- Mingulay (Fashion) — 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/w6db32o3db3o1db3o2db4db1ly2~x2/