Johnstons of Elgin Bicentennial
Bands: BKRKBGKRKRKGBKRK · Stripes: B K O K B Y K R K R K Y B K O K B K O K B Y K R K R K Y B K O K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1901
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1901
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5309
Thread count
B/4 DB16 T12 DB24 Ba10 Ta28 DB16 R28 DB50 R28 DB16 Ta28 Ba10 DB24 T12 DB/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #788CCC #788CCC | B #2A418A | 0.25 |
| Ba | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #000034 #000034 | K #000000 | 0.18 |
| DBa | #003478 #003478 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #A05028 #A05028 | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
| Ta | #784C18 #784C18 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dilanan (Musselburgh) (Personal) — ΔT 1.15
- MacLellan/McLellan Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 1.37
- Johnstons of Elgin Bicentennial (Com — ΔT 1.43
- MacLellan, McLellan hunting — ΔT 1.43
- MacLellan/McLellan (Personal) — ΔT 1.44
- Zibrant — ΔT 1.55
- Stuart/Stewart Black — ΔT 1.64
- MacLellan, Blue McLellan — ΔT 1.69
- Tullis Russell — ΔT 1.71
- Bute Heather, Ancient (Fashion) — ΔT 1.73
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/k8o6k12b5y14k8r14k25r14k8y14b5k12o6k8b2~x2/