Elvan
In pattern YGBGWGYWGWY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1106
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1984 — Elvan (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1984 — Elvan (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
LR/4 N6 T4 N12 LR20 T4 N4 T4 DB4 T20 LR/84

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2C4084 | 0.13 |
| LR | #D8C0A4 #D8C0A4 | Y #E8C000 | 0.13 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.13 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Loch Skene (Fashion) — ΔT 0.68
- Shaw of Tordarroch, Mrs (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Anthony Plaid Ecru — ΔT 1.27
- London Fog Camel (Fashion) — ΔT 1.33
- Australian Dress District Tartan Tartan Number: 612. Earliest known date: 1987 Information from the Scottish Australian Heritage Council See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.57
- Glen Moy Tartan Tartan Number: 1293. Earliest known date: pre 1986 A colour variation of the Royal Stewart woven by Edgars, Pitlochry around 1986, named after the place in Angus described as follows: Its mainly Sheep farming in Glen Moy. Off the beaten track, its a very quiet area of the Angus glens close to Cortachy castle and great for walking if you like it to yourself! See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.61
- Australian, dress — ΔT 1.61
- Glenclova — ΔT 1.64
- Bourbon, Sebastien (Personal) — ΔT 1.65
- Glen Moy #2 — ΔT 1.66
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/y84g20b4g4w4g4y20w12g4w6y4-b00008c-g604000-wc8c8c8-yd8c0a4/