Adams
Bands: RBWGBGBGKGR · Stripes: R DB W G DO G DO G K G R R DB W G DO G DO G K G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=24
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 24
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3022
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2763
Thread count
DRa/4 DB38 W2 G12 DR30 G10 DR10 G30 K4 G8 DRa/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DRa | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Adams (Name) — ΔT 0.38
- Paget (Personal) — ΔT 0.85
- Paget Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2072. Earliest known date: 1992 Designed as a 'Family' tartan and woven by Peter MacDonald in Crieff. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.86
- Gow Hunting #2 — ΔT 0.88
- Groen (Personal) — ΔT 0.89
- Whitson (Name) — ΔT 0.99
- Lawson, William — ΔT 1.03
- Sey — ΔT 1.03
- Isle of Skye — ΔT 1.04
- Redgate Hunting #2 (Name) — ΔT 1.05
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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