Dorcas Check
Bands: GWGWGKGKGKGY · Stripes: DY W DY W DY K G K G K G LO DY W DY W DY K G K G K G LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4815
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- undated — Dorcas Check (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Dorcas Check Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1315. Earliest known date: 1980 tba See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4815
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1315
Thread count
O/6 G28 K4 G4 K4 G6 K12 T36 W6 T4 W4 T/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006400 #006400 | G #006100 | 0.01 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| O | #D87C00 #D87C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
| T | #603800 #603800 | G #006100 | 0.16 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Limerick — ΔT 0.73
- Dorcas, Check — ΔT 0.82
- MacAart — ΔT 0.88
- Cochrane, -1974 — ΔT 0.95
- Connolly Hunting (Name) — ΔT 0.98
- Murphy (District) — ΔT 1.05
- Anderson 10 — ΔT 1.09
- Stewart Camel Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 4038. Earliest known date: 01/01/1999 No Details See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.13
- Cochrane (1974) — ΔT 1.14
- California Firefighters (Corporate) — ΔT 1.14
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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