Glasgow Tattoo
Bands: GBWBGYGRGBGW · Stripes: DG T LB T Y LY Y R Y DP Y W DG T LB T Y LY Y R Y DP Y W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11636
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 11636
Thread count
DG/40 B4 LB39 B4 N4 Y4 N4 DR4 N34 P4 N4 W/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5F749C #5F749C | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #A00000 #A00000 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| N | #808080 #808080 | G #006100 | 0.23 |
| P | #64008C #64008C | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
| Y | #FCCC00 #FCCC00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.04 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Lanark Highlands — ΔT 1.24
- Kungsholmen Snooker Corporate Sports Tartan Tartan Number: 7216. Earliest known date: 2007 The sett is based on the game of snooker, the colours resemble professional competition snooker balls. The threadcount is based on the number 146, the maximum break with one pink ball. A revised sett, with six colours, is given for kilt making. (R8, K4, G4, K56, B56, Y8, B4, W16 HSFP) which excludes the brown and the pink. Sample woven in silk with 8 colours. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.44
- Arisaig (District) — ΔT 1.44
- Oregon American District Tartan Tartan Number: 5743. Earliest known date: 2002 The State of Oregon tartan was adopted at the 72nd Oregon Legislative Assembly by Senate Joint Resolution 31 in a letter from State Governor Theodore R Kulongoski dated April 12th 2003. Blue is from the Oregon flag and its rivers and ocean. Gold from the flag and represents agriculture. White for the snow-capped mountains. Taupe (light brown) is for the high desert and grasslands. Azure for the streams, and the skies. Black, the obsidian buttes. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.46
- Oregon, State of — ΔT 1.46
- Isle of Man (District) — ΔT 1.46
- Okanagan(District) — ΔT 1.52
- City of Dorvil (District) — ΔT 1.58
- Inverclyde, Green (Corporate) — ΔT 1.66
- Bouguet, Adrian Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 1.66
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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