Capercaillie
Bands: BRBRBBBKBKBRKW · Stripes: DO O DO O DO DB DO K DB K DO R K W DO O DO O DO DB DO K DB K DO R K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=558
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/12/2005 — Capercaillie (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2005 December — Capercaillie (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 558
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6857
Thread count
Ta/4 T3 Ta4 T2 Ta4 DB8 Ta30 K4 DB4 K36 Ta4 R2 K4 W/2
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 |
| DR | #A00000 #A00000 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #98481C #98481C | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
| Ta | #4C3428 #4C3428 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Capercaillie Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6857. Earliest known date: 2005 RSPB Scotland will receive a 7% royalty on all products made from the new tartan, created in the colours of the world's largest woodland grouse, in a deal struck with the leading tartan weavers Lochcarron. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.65
- Scottish Spirit Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 10970. Earliest known date: 2013 ACS Clothing. Designed by Lochcarron. Wanted 'Highland Spirit' but that was taken by Ian McLure of T J Matthews. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.05
- Hand, Edinburgh — ΔT 1.11
- Six Frigates (US) — ΔT 1.13
- Causeway, The (District) — ΔT 1.18
- Glen Orchy (Fashion) — ΔT 1.33
- Dugan (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
- McGuirk (2013) — ΔT 1.36
- Evans (Welsh Name) — ΔT 1.37
- GRM (Fashion) — ΔT 1.42
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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