Highland Spring (1985)
Bands: RBKBKBGYGRKR · Stripes: R B K B K B G LO G R K R R B K B K B G LO G R 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=1719
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1719
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5193
Thread count
R/20 B6 K4 B6 K4 B6 G20 DY4 G24 R18 K4 R/32

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #64A0F0 #64A0F0 | B #2A418A | 0.30 |
| DY | #C88C00 #C88C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.15 |
| G | #3C7828 #3C7828 | G #006100 | 0.09 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C82800 #C82800 | R #CC0000 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Nicolson — ΔT 0.72
- MacKinnon 10 — ΔT 0.74
- MacKinnon #5 — ΔT 0.81
- MacKinnon #3 — ΔT 0.85
- Unidentified Plaid 16 — ΔT 0.85
- MacKinnon 12 — ΔT 0.89
- MacKinnon #2 — ΔT 0.91
- Unidentified Plaid #4 — ΔT 0.95
- MacKinnon #8 — ΔT 0.97
- Nicolson/MacNicol — ΔT 0.99
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/r16k2r9g12lo2g10b3k2b3k2b3r10~x2/