Cairn (Fashion)
Bands: RWRBRBRBRBRBGY · Stripes: O W R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB Y LY O W R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB Y LY
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/3778/
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: 5010
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3778
Thread count
N/12 LN80 DR4 DB4 DR4 DB12 DR16 DB8 DR16 DB8 DR16 DB4 G32 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #5C6428 #5C6428 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacLean of Duart Dress #5 — ΔT 0.82
- MacLean, dress Burgundy — ΔT 0.84
- Un-named (USA Bedheads) — ΔT 0.92
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Traditional — ΔT 0.94
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (District) — ΔT 0.95
- Puccini (Fashion) — ΔT 0.96
- Royal Stuart/Stewart (Variant) — ΔT 0.98
- Mazarian — ΔT 0.98
- MacCulloch Dress (Name) — ΔT 1.00
- Warden — ΔT 1.01
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/o3w20r1db1r1db3r4db2r4db2r4db1y8ly1~x4/