Johnston/Johnstone
Bands: GKGBKBKBKBGKGY · Stripes: G K G B K B K B K B G K G LY G K G B K B K B K B G K G LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1899
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1899
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1063
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1063
Thread count
G/4 K2 G60 Ba48 K4 Ba4 K4 Ba4 K4 Ba48 G60 K2 G4 Y/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Ba | #1870A4 #1870A4 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DY | #C88C00 #C88C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.15 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Johnston (Clan) — ΔT 1.25
- Unidentified (Pahls) — ΔT 1.29
- King Edward VII (Royal) — ΔT 1.31
- MacDonald, Lord of the Isles Hunting — ΔT 1.36
- Greenlaw, American — ΔT 1.38
- Tiger — ΔT 1.39
- Currie of Balilone Family Tartan Tartan Number: 778. Earliest known date: 1822 Granted by charter in 1822 to Currie of Balilone, by MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. The sett is based on the Lord of the Isles and the design is attributed to the Chief. The tartan is available to all members of the Clan Currie Society. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.41
- Pina (Corporate) — ΔT 1.41
- Maine State — ΔT 1.46
- Johnston / Johnstone — ΔT 1.53
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/ly3g2k1g30b24k2b2k2b2k2b24g30k1g2~x2/