Hosey
Bands: RBBBGGYGGBBBW · Stripes: R DB T DB DG G LY G DG DB T DB W R DB T DB DG G LY G DG DB T DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1770
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/11/2006 — Hosey (register-of-tartans, record)
- November 2006 — Hosey (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1770
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7040
Thread count
LN/5 DBb3 B20 DBb3 DG5 G20 Y3 G20 DG5 DBb3 B20 DBb3 R/5

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #00002C #00002C | K #000000 | 0.16 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBb | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| LG | #748888 #748888 | G #006100 | 0.23 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| LT | #7C6044 #7C6044 | G #006100 | 0.17 |
| R | #B80000 #B80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.04 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- McCulloch (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
- Kentucky, State of — ΔT 1.33
- Stirling — ΔT 1.38
- WestJet — ΔT 1.38
- Copar a'Beannichte Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.48
- Down County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 1.48
- McCulloch (Military Colours) — ΔT 1.54
- Glendale — ΔT 1.57
- Scottish Heritage USA (SHUSA) (Corp) — ΔT 1.57
- Stirling (Clan) — ΔT 1.58
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/r5db3t20db3dg5g20ly3g20dg5db3t20db3w5/