Portree Check
Bands: RBRYRWRRBRBW · Stripes: O DB O LO O W O R N O N W O DB O LO O W O R N O N W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3363
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3363
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1280
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1280
Thread count
Na/76 DB8 Na16 LT4 Na8 W6 Na8 DR28 N14 Na4 N8 W/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #901C38 #901C38 | R #CC0000 | 0.13 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Na | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Portree Check (District) Tartan Tartan Number: 1280. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Designed for the Porteous Family Association, and submitted to the Monitoring Committee of the Scottish Tartan Society by Captain Barry Porteous who was president of the association at that time. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.30
- Portree, Check — ΔT 0.70
- Diana, hunting Plaid — ΔT 1.18
- Dabney Grey (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- Edinburgh Fire (Corporate) — ΔT 1.40
- Louth Irish County Tartan Tartan Number: 2277. Earliest known date: 1995 One of a series of Irish District tartans designed by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar, with colours reminiscent of the Country with soft warm colours dominating. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.41
- Carbon (Corporate) — ΔT 1.42
- Kansai St Andrews Society (Corp) — ΔT 1.47
- Scottish National Htg (Fashion) — ΔT 1.51
- McAlifyfe (Personal) — ΔT 1.52
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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