Moray of Abercairny
Bands: WBBRRGRRRBW · Stripes: W T DB R R G R R R T W W T DB R R G R R R T W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3010
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1735 — Moray of Abercairny (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1735 — Moray of Abercairny (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3010
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 51
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 51
Thread count
W/2 B6 DB4 DR36 DO4 G32 DO4 DR4 DO4 B6 W/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DO | #D05054 #D05054 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Berwick District Tartan Tartan Number: 2011. Earliest known date: 1981 Marygate Weavers of Berwick upon Tweed organised a competition to design a tartan to commemorate the historic past of the town. Alison Wilkinson from Wooler, Northumberland, a pupil in the third form at Berwick High School, won the prize of £50. The tartan is also produced in a symetrical form. (STS archives) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.81
- Berwick -upon-Tweed (asymmetric) — ΔT 0.82
- Cats (Fashion) — ΔT 0.82
- O'Keefe (Name) — ΔT 0.83
- Moray of Abercairney — ΔT 0.88
- Bicknell, The Hamish (Personal) — ΔT 0.89
- Murray of Abercairney — ΔT 0.91
- Maclean of Duart (Wilsons) (Clan) — ΔT 0.93
- MacCullough Family Tartan Tartan Number: 3214. Earliest known date: 2000 I would like to let you know that working with Peter MacDonald, he designed a tartan for me that was registered with the Scottish Tartan Authority on 5 December 2000 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.95
- Murray of Abercairney (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
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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