Dorcas
In pattern GYGYGKBKBKBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4879
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1980 — Dorcas (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1980 — Scotch House 'Dorcas' (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
LT/8 N4 LT4 N6 LT40 K12 T8 K4 T4 K4 T32 O/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LT | #8C7038 #8C7038 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #E8C000 | 0.17 |
| O | #E86000 #E86000 | R #C80000 | 0.14 |
| T | #4C3428 #4C3428 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Callum, Brown (Fashion) — ΔT 0.36
- Manx Heritage — ΔT 0.78
- MacIntyre and Glenorchy — ΔT 0.80
- Harmony 5 — ΔT 0.87
- Manx Heritage — ΔT 0.89
- Michael from Appin (Personal) — ΔT 0.98
- Dryburgh — ΔT 0.98
- Connolly Dress (Name) — ΔT 0.99
- Glen Nevis #2 (Personal) — ΔT 0.99
- Pope of Wales — ΔT 1.02
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/s12/g8y4g4y6g40k12b8k4b4k4b32r6-b4c3428-g8c7038-k101010-re86000-yb8b8b8/