Nicolson Green Hunting
Bands: BKGKGKBRKRGKYKWKG · Stripes: DB K G K G K DB R K R G K LO K LB K G DB K G K G K DB R K R G K LO K LB K G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 17 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4809
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1930 — Nicolson Green Hunting (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1968 — Nicolson Green (Htg) (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4809
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 322
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 322
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/24 K2 G2 K2 G2 K2 DB18 DR4 K36 DR4 G18 K2 DY2 K2 N2 K2 G/24

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Smithsonian — ΔT 0.82
- Hunnisett/Edinchip (Personal) — ΔT 0.94
- Linn (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- Wood (Clan) — ΔT 0.99
- Empire Golf Check (Fashion) — ΔT 1.03
- Rankin (Dalgleish) — ΔT 1.15
- Paget Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2072. Earliest known date: 1992 Designed as a 'Family' tartan and woven by Peter MacDonald in Crieff. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.16
- Smithsonian (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
- Unidentified #7 — ΔT 1.18
- Rankin (Dalgliesh) #1 — ΔT 1.18
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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