Caithness (District)
Bands: BRKRKRRYKYKYKYK · Stripes: DO R K O K R O LO K LO K LY K LO K DO R K O K R O LO K LO K LY K LO K
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/2466/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 1991 — Caithness (District) (tartans-authority, record)
- 01/01/1995 — Caithness (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 465
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2466
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2466
Thread count
DR/56 R6 K4 N4 K4 R6 N16 LT4 K16 LT10 K6 LG4 K4 LT6 K/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #C4BC68 #C4BC68 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.08 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (symmetric) — ΔT 0.73
- Stewart/Stuart, Royal (No black line) — ΔT 0.83
- Murphy, Andrew (Personal) — ΔT 0.84
- Livingstone (Australia) Dress — ΔT 0.90
- Bendigo — ΔT 1.03
- Breeding — ΔT 1.03
- Hard Rock Cafe (Corporate) — ΔT 1.04
- Tweedbank — ΔT 1.09
- Carolina, States of (District) — ΔT 1.12
- Carolina, States of — ΔT 1.15
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/s15/do28r3k2o2k2r3o8lo2k8lo5k3ly2k2lo3k1~x2/