Scottish Borderland
In pattern GBGBBGBYBGBBGBGW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3709
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Scottish Borderland (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Scottish Borderland Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 5359. Earliest known date: pre 1996 Lochcarron of Scotland. Sample in STA Johnston Collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
G/4 N2 G60 Na20 N40 G2 N4 DY2 N4 G2 N40 Na20 G60 N2 G4 Nb/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY | #C88C00 #C88C00 | Y #E8C000 | 0.15 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006400 | 0.08 |
| N | #405460 #405460 | B #2C4084 | 0.10 |
| Na | #646464 #646464 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
| Nb | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.13 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Mack of Stoneywood Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
- Mack of Stoneywood Hunting (Pers.) — ΔT 1.36
- Scottish Borderland (Fashion) — ΔT 1.58
- Fiddes - 2007 (Personal) — ΔT 1.73
- Ensign of Ontario (Fashion) — ΔT 1.74
- Highlander (Corporate) — ΔT 1.83
- Terry — ΔT 1.86
- Queensferry — ΔT 1.87
- Alasdair Dhana — ΔT 1.89
- Wicklow, County — ΔT 1.97
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/g4b2g60ba20b40g2b4y2b4g2b40ba20g60b2g4w4-b405460-ba646464-g005020-wc8c8c8-yc88c00/