Highland Thistle
Bands: KKKBBBBGKKW · Stripes: K K K DP DP DP DP DG K K W K K K DP DP DP DP DG K K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1723
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/02/2007 — Highland Thistle (register-of-tartans, record)
- February 2007 — Highland Thistle (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1723
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7108
Thread count
DB/76 K8 DB4 DP12 DBa22 DP6 DBa4 DG4 DB22 K2 W/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #0C003C #0C003C | K #000000 | 0.20 |
| DBa | #181034 #181034 | B #2A418A | 0.20 |
| DG | #003C28 #003C28 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| DP | #480C3C #480C3C | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Highland Pride 2 (Fashion) — ΔT 1.39
- Pompili, Antonio and Alessandro (Personal) — ΔT 1.95
- Scottish Thistle — ΔT 2.01
- Spirit of Wales (Fashion) — ΔT 2.01
- Scottish Heritage — ΔT 2.10
- ODL (Corporate) — ΔT 2.11
- Spirit of Hoxa — ΔT 2.13
- Spirit of Scotland — ΔT 2.14
- Payne (Name) — ΔT 2.17
- Finnie (Personal) — ΔT 2.29
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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