Nicolson (McIan)
Bands: GRKRGRBRKRGR · Stripes: G R K R G R T R K R G R G R K R G R T R K R G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3136
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3136
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1004
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1004
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
G/6 R36 K6 R36 G48 R6 B6 R6 K24 R36 G6 R/36
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Morrison Ancient — ΔT 0.75
- Peacock, Grahame (Name) — ΔT 0.78
- MacNicol — ΔT 0.81
- Nicolson, MacNicol — ΔT 0.85
- Burns 1930 — ΔT 0.89
- MacNicol — ΔT 0.91
- Morrison — ΔT 1.02
- Burns — ΔT 1.06
- Bruce (Vestiarium) — ΔT 1.09
- Morrison, Ancient — ΔT 1.10
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/r6g1r6k4r1t1r1g8r6k1r6g1~x6/