University Plaid
Bands: GRGGBGBGRGR · Stripes: DG R DG Y DB Y DB Y R DG R DG R DG Y DB Y DB Y R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4405
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1995 — University Plaid (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1995 — University Plaid (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4405
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4390
Thread count
DG/8 DR2 DG6 LT2 DB6 LT2 DB6 LT2 DR8 DG6 DR/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| LT | #8C7038 #8C7038 | G #006100 | 0.18 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Huntly #3 — ΔT 1.19
- Wilson's No.231 — ΔT 1.28
- Murray of Atholl — ΔT 1.32
- Price-Powell (Personal) — ΔT 1.32
- Longford, County — ΔT 1.39
- Hueg (Munich) Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 1.40
- Gleneagles Group Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2107. Earliest known date: 1989 Designed for a range of tartan goods called the Gleneagles Collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.41
- Wcwm 1310 — ΔT 1.43
- Dorward/Dogwood — ΔT 1.45
- Akins Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2426. Earliest known date: 1822 This is the
Approvedtartan for the Akins Clan See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.53
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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