Isle of Skye District Tartan Tartan Number: 2155. Earliest known date: 1993 The tartan was instigated and registered by Mrs Rosemary Nicolson Samios in 1992, an Australian of Skye descent, now living in Skye. It was selected through a worldwide competition won by Angus MacLeod from Lewis. Angus, a weaver by trade, produced the first commercial quantities in the traditional kilt weight in 1993 at Lochcarron Weavers in North Strome. The colours of the tartan depict those of the island, often called the 'Misty Isle'. Worn by the Torphican and Bathgate pipe band. (A patented design No. 0600930) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Bands: GBGBGBGGGGY · Stripes: DY DP DY DP DY DP DG G Y DG LR DY DP DY DP DY DP DG G Y DG LR
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=2155
Thread count
N/4 DG2 G16 Ga16 DG18 P16 T6 P4 T4 P4 T/40
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #5C6428 #5C6428 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| Ga | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Redgate Htg #1 (Name) — ΔT 1.08
- Bowhunter — ΔT 1.13
- Kelvin Family (Personal) — ΔT 1.16
- Batten of Argyll (Baddenach) — ΔT 1.22
- Aberuchill District Tartan Tartan Number: 6814. Earliest known date: 2005 Aberuchill lends it name to the area south of Comrie where the river Ruchil meets the river Earn. The two rivers form the boundaries of the Aberuchill Estate for which this tartan was created. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.26
- Buglass — ΔT 1.27
- Isle of Skye — ΔT 1.31
- Lyon, Jeffrey M (Hunting) (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
- Little-Dowse Wedding — ΔT 1.36
- Loseby, Luke (Personal) — ΔT 1.36
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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