Deas
Bands: BKBKYKGKGKRKRK · Stripes: DB K DB K LY K G K G K R K R K DB K DB K LY K G K G K R K R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=903
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 903
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2153
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2153
Thread count
DB/42 K4 DB4 K24 Y6 K24 G4 K4 G42 K4 R16 K12 R16 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Deas — ΔT 0.39
- MacClellan — ΔT 0.77
- MacDonell of Glengarry D — ΔT 0.86
- MacLeod of Skye — ΔT 0.87
- MacDonald of Clanranald — ΔT 0.92
- MacDonell of Glengarry — ΔT 0.98
- Farquharson — ΔT 0.99
- MacDonell of Glengarry — ΔT 0.99
- Baillie — ΔT 1.00
- Farquharson — ΔT 1.00
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/s14/db21k2db2k12ly3k12g2k2g21k2r8k6r8k2~x2/