Buchanan, John & Isabella
Bands: RWBBYBBKWKBYBBWR · Stripes: R W DB B LY B DB K W K B LY B DB W R R W DB B LY B DB K W K B LY B DB W R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5863
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5863
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7351
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3118
Thread count
R/6 W6 DB6 B6 Y6 B6 DB6 K36 W18 K12 B6 Y6 B72 DB48 W6 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #0080FF #0080FF | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #000080 #000080 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #FF0000 #FF0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
| Y | #FFFF00 #FFFF00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Buchanan, John & Isabella (Commemor) — ΔT 1.03
- Citadel Military Academy — ΔT 1.45
- Ferrari (Name) — ΔT 1.46
- Praetorian Blue — ΔT 1.51
- Manchester City Football Club "Blue Moon" — ΔT 1.52
- Arctic — ΔT 1.54
- Daughters of the American Revolution — ΔT 1.60
- Arctic (District) — ΔT 1.60
- Harmony — ΔT 1.62
- GYL (Personal) — ΔT 1.62
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/r1w1db8b12ly1b1k2w3k6db1b1ly1b1db1w1r1~x6/