Swallow Hotels
Bands: BKBKRKGKGKRKBKBK · Stripes: DB K DB K R K G K G K R K DB K DB K DB K DB K R K G K G K R K DB K DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4053
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4053
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6827
Thread count
DB/8 K8 DB42 K20 R4 K20 Ga42 K8 Ga42 K20 R4 K20 DB42 K8 DB8 K/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 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| Ga | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LR | #E8CCB8 #E8CCB8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
| O | #D87C00 #D87C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Safeway — ΔT 0.67
- Forbes — ΔT 0.68
- Mulholland (Personal) — ΔT 0.72
- Murray of Atholl #3 — ΔT 0.76
- Cheape of Torosay (Personal) — ΔT 0.80
- Westgate (Corporate) — ΔT 0.80
- Lorne, Louise of — ΔT 0.85
- MacKinlay (2/4 black stripes) — ΔT 0.87
- Forbes #2 — ΔT 0.88
- Stephenson Hunting — ΔT 0.94
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/s16/db4k4db21k10r2k10g21k4g21k10r2k10db21k4db4k4~x2/