Silver Thistle
Bands: BKBKRKRKBKBG · Stripes: DB K DB K O K O K DB K DB G DB K DB K O K O K DB K DB G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3789
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3789
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6686
Thread count
DB/6 K12 DBa40 K92 N4 K8 N4 K92 DBa40 K12 DB6 G/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBa | #303070 #303070 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Silver Thistle (Fashion) — ΔT 1.14
- Brodie, Graeme (Personal) — ΔT 1.51
- Concours of Elegance — ΔT 1.52
- Braveheart Warrior — ΔT 1.54
- Barrance, Paul and Kelly (Personal) — ΔT 1.57
- Pride of Scotland, Dark (Fashion) — ΔT 1.60
- Aberdeen Mither Kirk (St Nicholas) — ΔT 1.66
- Braveheart Warrior (Universal) — ΔT 1.67
- Kalkofen — ΔT 1.72
- Raymond of Doune — ΔT 1.75
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/s12/g4db3k6db20k46o2k4o2k46db20k6db3~x2/