Swankie (Personal)
In pattern BRKGGBKBGGKR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4055
Thread count
B/6 R12 Ka40 LT8 T20 B42 Ka8 B42 T20 LT8 Ka40 R/12

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 #2C4084 | 0.15 |
| DB | #303070 #303070 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2C4084 | 0.22 |
| DRa | #880000 #880000 | R #C80000 | 0.14 |
| K | #1C1C1C #1C1C1C | B #2C4084 | 0.20 |
| Ka | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LT | #8C7038 #8C7038 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Denovan, The Lairdship of (Personal) — ΔT 0.57
- MacDonald of Clanranald Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 427. Earliest known date: 1850 This is the count from the Lord Lyons records multiplied by four. It corresponds to the sett given by A. and W. Smith in 'The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland' (1850) and in the work of J.Grant (1886). The tartan is distinguished by the two white lines. There is a certified example in the Highland Society of London collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.68
- MacLellan — ΔT 0.70
- Arndt (Personal) — ΔT 0.71
- MacDonald of Clanranald #3 — ΔT 0.71
- Macallan — ΔT 0.76
- Hunter of Peebleshire (Clan?) — ΔT 0.77
- Fruin Colquhoun — ΔT 0.80
- Ryukoku University Heian JHS (Corp) — ΔT 0.84
- Black Scottish National Tartan Tartan Number: 6622. Earliest known date: Marton Mills./Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.84
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/r12k40g8ga20b42k8b42ga20g8k40r12b6-b1474b4-g8c7038-ga604000-k101010-rc80000/