Nicolson (Lochcarron)
Bands: KRGRGRKWKRGRK · Stripes: K R G R G R K LB K R G R K K R G R G R K LB K R G R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3137
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1845 — Nicolson (Lochcarron) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1845 — Nicolson/MacNichol (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3137
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1148
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1148
Thread count
K/8 R32 G8 R32 G52 R4 K28 LP4 K28 R32 G8 R32 K/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacNicol/Nicolson (W & A Smith) — ΔT 0.45
- MacNicol Dress (Clan) (Smiths) — ΔT 0.46
- MacNicol/Nicolson (Inverness Tweed Mill Co Ltd) — ΔT 0.52
- Nicolson MacNicol — ΔT 0.64
- MacQuarrie Ancient — ΔT 0.87
- Nicolson, MacNicol — ΔT 0.91
- Nicolson — ΔT 0.93
- MacQuarrie, Ancient — ΔT 0.96
- MacNichol — ΔT 1.05
- Nicolson — ΔT 1.11
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/k2r8g2r8g13r1k7lb1k7r8g2r8k2~x4/