Spey
Bands: BGRGBGRGBGRBGW · Stripes: DB Y R Y DB Y R Y DB Y R T Y W DB Y R Y DB Y R Y DB Y R T Y W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11653
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 11653
Thread count
DB/8 N8 R8 N8 DB8 N8 R8 N8 DB8 N8 R8 B8 N8 LN/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #141E46 #141E46 | B #2A418A | 0.16 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #808080 #808080 | G #006100 | 0.23 |
| R | #C82828 #C82828 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Welly (Personal) — ΔT 2.07
- Strathspey (Estate Check) — ΔT 2.20
- Bell, Siobhan (Personal) — ΔT 2.20
- Dupplin Check — ΔT 2.21
- Seaforth (Estate Check) — ΔT 2.31
- Seaforth Estate Check Estate Check Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 5344. Earliest known date: pre 1990 No details. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 2.31
- Seaforth Estate Check — ΔT 2.36
- Welly (Personal) — ΔT 2.40
- Rainbow — ΔT 2.41
- Halliday — ΔT 2.42
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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