Davidson
Bands: RBGBGKGKGKR · Stripes: R DB G DB G K G K G K R R DB G DB G K G K G K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=891
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 891
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1332
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1332
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/2 DB12 G2 DB2 G16 K2 G16 K2 G2 K12 R/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Davidson - 1842 (Clan) — ΔT 0.00
- Smeaton #2 (Name) — ΔT 0.85
- Wilson's No.167 — ΔT 1.04
- AIton - 1979 (Clan) — ΔT 1.04
- Daks (0600150) — ΔT 1.10
- Ayrton 1979 No. 2 (Personal) — ΔT 1.10
- Abercrombie — ΔT 1.12
- Marthas Vineyard (District) — ΔT 1.13
- Ross Hunting — ΔT 1.14
- Davidson — ΔT 1.17
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/r1db6g1db1g8k1g8k1g1k6r1~x2/