Unidentified #53
Bands: RGKYKYKGRKRY · Stripes: R DG K LY K LR K DG R K R LR R DG K LY K LR K DG R K R LR
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4254
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4254
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4575
Thread count
DR/64 G16 K12 DY4 K8 N4 K12 G16 DR16 K4 DR16 N/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| DY | #C89800 #C89800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #004C00 #004C00 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #B0B0B0 #B0B0B0 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.18 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKeever (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- State Seal of Alabama (Fashion) — ΔT 1.10
- City of New Bern 300 (District) — ΔT 1.11
- First Special Services Forces (Mil) — ΔT 1.13
- Cates Dress — ΔT 1.14
- Haileybury Pipe Band (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
- Brotherhood of Dirk (Corporate) — ΔT 1.18
- Watson-Kirby (Personal) — ΔT 1.19
- U.S. Air Force Reserve P. B. (Corpor — ΔT 1.22
- Unidentified Scarlett #8 — ΔT 1.22
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/r16dg4k3ly1k2lr1k3dg4r4k1r4lr1~x4/