Chess
Bands: KWKGKKKGKKKWK · Stripes: K W K DG K K K DG K K K W K K W K DG K K K DG K K K W K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5934
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5934
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7824
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3127
Thread count
K/6 W6 K48 DB6 K6 G48 K6 DB48 K6 G6 K48 W6 K/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000040 #000040 | K #000000 | 0.20 |
| G | #004000 #004000 | G #006100 | 0.11 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Daks (Chino Check) (Fashion) — ΔT 0.94
- Davidson — ΔT 0.99
- Chess (Universal) — ΔT 1.09
- Robieson, Graham Alexander (Personal) — ΔT 1.22
- Davidson — ΔT 1.23
- Daks (Chino Check) — ΔT 1.25
- Skene N — ΔT 1.28
- Skene N — ΔT 1.28
- Scottish Tartans Authority — ΔT 1.29
- Episcopal Clergy — ΔT 1.32
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/s13/k1w1k8dg1k1k8k1dg8k1k1k8w1k1~x6/