Taplin
Bands: RKRGRKRYRKR · Stripes: R K R DG R K R LY R K R R K R DG R K R LY R 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=4070
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4070
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2759
Thread count
R/104 K4 R10 G6 R10 K10 R10 Y6 R10 K4 R/104

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Taplin (Name) — ΔT 0.47
- MacKintosh #5 — ΔT 1.44
- Burnett, of Leys — ΔT 1.45
- Burnett of Leys (Clan) — ΔT 1.48
- Burnett of Leys — ΔT 1.50
- MacKintosh 4 — ΔT 1.60
- Gudbrandsdalen, Rondastakken — ΔT 1.95
- Gudbrandsdalen, Rondastakken — ΔT 1.97
- Prince of Denmark (Corporate) — ΔT 2.02
- Inverness Earl of — ΔT 2.05
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.
ID: /setts/s11/r52k2r5dg3r5k5r5ly3r5k2r52~x2/