Carstairs
In pattern GYWBKBKBKBWGWY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=581
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/09/2001 — Carstairs (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2001 — Carstairs (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 581
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4032
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2836
Thread count
G/10 DY4 LN4 DB16 K4 DB10 K4 DB56 K4 DB20 LN8 G6 LN4 DY/8

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 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- International Pairs (Corporate) — ΔT 1.12
- California Riverside, University of (Corporate) — ΔT 1.23
- Glasgow, University of Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2680. Earliest known date: 2002 The official livery and promotional university tartan (STS). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.24
- Rankin #2 — ΔT 1.25
- Isle of Harris — ΔT 1.32
- Scotia (EWM) — ΔT 1.32
- Fitzgerald (Family) — ΔT 1.39
- St. Andrews University (Corporate) — ΔT 1.41
- Blue Brough from Orkney — ΔT 1.41
- De Nardi Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 1.42
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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