Roach (2015)
Bands: BWBWBRBGYGYGY · Stripes: T W T W T R DT G LO G LO G LO T W T W T R DT G LO G LO G LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11251
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 11251
Thread count
B/72 LY4 B4 LY4 B16 R16 K4 G48 LT4 G4 LT4 G4 LT/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5F749C #5F749C | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| G | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #1C1C1C #1C1C1C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| LY | #F8F4D0 #F8F4D0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.05 |
| R | #C82828 #C82828 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Giants Causeway (District) — ΔT 1.02
- All Ireland Blue (Fashion) — ΔT 1.06
- Hand (Personal) — ΔT 1.28
- Great Glen (Fashion) — ΔT 1.43
- Hand Name Tartan Tartan Number: 10640. Earliest known date: 2012 James Hand designed this tartan to celebrate his marriage to Miss Gail Wheatley. Colours: green for the Hand family name which originates from Ireland; blue and purple to signify a Scottish connection; charcoal and granite, colours which reflect a modern tartan. Weavers note: the granite and charcoal colours are woven with melange (blended) yarns of grey and black. Developed for weaving by House of Tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.45
- Giants Causeway, The — ΔT 1.50
- Clyde (WCWM Fashion) — ΔT 1.51
- Hobkirk — ΔT 1.54
- Lyon, Jeffrey M (Hunting) (Personal) — ΔT 1.54
- Portree, Check — ΔT 1.54
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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