Buchanan #4
Bands: BGKBKYKYKBKRW · Stripes: T DG K T K LY K LY K T K R W T DG K T K LY K LY K T K R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=417
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 417
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 174
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/8 G50 K4 B8 K4 Y16 K6 Y16 K4 B8 K4 R50 LN/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Buchanan #3 — ΔT 0.20
- Buchanan 1 — ΔT 0.45
- Buchanan 9 — ΔT 0.49
- Buchanan #2 — ΔT 0.68
- Buchanan (Logan) — ΔT 0.71
- Robieson Playfield (School) — ΔT 0.76
- Buchanan 8 — ΔT 0.82
- Buchanan — ΔT 0.84
- MacWhirter — ΔT 0.88
- MacWhirter — ΔT 0.89
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/t4dg25k2t4k2ly8k3ly8k2t4k2r25w4~x2/