Mandela Commemorative
Bands: GYKGRBKRKYKR · Stripes: G LY K G R DT K R K LY K R G LY K G R DT K R K LY K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2800
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/05/1997 — Mandela Commemorative (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1997 — Mandela (Commemorative) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2800
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2359
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2359
Thread count
G/16 Y4 K12 G22 R4 DB24 K24 R4 K12 Y4 K8 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wilson's No.194 — ΔT 0.73
- Harmony 2 & 3 — ΔT 0.89
- MacAlpine — ΔT 0.95
- Denovan, The Lairdship of.. — ΔT 0.98
- CSCA — ΔT 0.98
- Kinloch Anderson, hunting — ΔT 0.99
- Clare — ΔT 1.00
- Soutar (Name) — ΔT 1.04
- Mandela, Commemorative — ΔT 1.06
- Maitland — ΔT 1.08
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/g8ly2k6g11r2dt12k12r2k6ly2k4r3~x2/