Merchiston Castle School
Bands: KBKBKBKBKBR · Stripes: K DB K DB K DB K DB K B R K DB K DB K DB K DB K B R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2934
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1988 — Merchiston Castle School (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1988 — Merchiston Castle (School) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2934
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1051
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1051
Thread count
K/16 DB8 K6 DB8 K6 DB20 K6 DB6 K14 B41 R/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scottish Claymores — ΔT 0.84
- Swallow Hotels (Corporate) — ΔT 1.08
- de Franck, Matt (Personal) — ΔT 1.08
- Elgin City Band — ΔT 1.10
- Rangers 1989 (Sports) — ΔT 1.11
- Cheape of Torosay (Personal) — ΔT 1.13
- Sabema — ΔT 1.13
- Forbes #5 — ΔT 1.13
- Strathclyde blue — ΔT 1.19
- Swallow Hotels — ΔT 1.20
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/s11/k16db8k6db8k6db20k6db6k14b41r4/