Soutar/Souter
Bands: KWRGRKBWKWBKRGRW · Stripes: K W R DG R K T W K W T K R DG R W K W R DG R K T W K W T K R DG R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3839
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3839
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3976
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2834
Thread count
K/40 LN6 R20 G40 R6 K6 B40 LN6 K40 LN6 B40 K6 R6 G40 R20 LN/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Schneidersohne Centenary (Corporate) — ΔT 0.67
- Carnegie — ΔT 0.74
- Scottish National Dress — ΔT 0.79
- MacDonell of Glengarry Dress — ΔT 0.83
- MacSporran — ΔT 0.86
- Lobban (Personal) — ΔT 0.86
- MacDonald of Clanranald #3 — ΔT 0.88
- Gordon Dress #2 — ΔT 0.89
- Black Scottish National Tartan Tartan Number: 6622. Earliest known date: Marton Mills./Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.89
- Kinloch Anderson, hunting — ΔT 0.90
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.
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