Swankie (Personal)
Bands: BRKGGBKBGGKR · Stripes: B R K Y DY B K B DY Y K R B R K Y DY B K B DY Y 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=4055
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4055
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2481
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2481
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 #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #303070 #303070 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DRa | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #1C1C1C #1C1C1C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| Ka | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LT | #8C7038 #8C7038 | G #006100 | 0.18 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Denovan, The Lairdship of (Personal) — ΔT 0.57
- MacLellan — ΔT 0.70
- MacDonald of Clanranald #3 — ΔT 0.71
- Arndt (Personal) — ΔT 0.71
- Macallan — ΔT 0.77
- Hunter of Peebleshire (Clan?) — ΔT 0.77
- Fruin Colquhoun — ΔT 0.81
- 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
- Ryukoku University Heian JHS (Corp) — ΔT 0.84
- Trinity Presbyterian Church (Corpora — ΔT 0.85
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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