Prickly Thistle
Bands: GGYGBGBGBGBGBGBWG · Stripes: Y Y LY Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N W Y Y Y LY Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N W Y
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 17 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10805
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10805
Thread count
LG/6 G30 LGa6 G6 LP2 G2 LP2 G2 LP2 G2 LP2 G2 LP2 G2 LP24 W30 LG/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #5D7341 #5D7341 | G #006100 | 0.12 |
| LG | #6E8E52 #6E8E52 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| LGa | #B9BC64 #B9BC64 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.09 |
| LP | #7F4C8D #7F4C8D | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| W | #F4E6EF #F4E6EF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.04 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Prickly Thistle (Corporate) — ΔT 0.94
- Hutt #1 (Personal) — ΔT 1.05
- Hutt #1 (Personal) — ΔT 1.28
- IRPA (Corporate) — ΔT 1.33
- MacGillivray Dress, Janice (Personal — ΔT 1.35
- Strathyre Dress District Tartan Tartan Number: 3227. Earliest known date: 1996 From Dalgleish May, 1996. Stewart Modern. Could be Dancers' Fancy. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.36
- Glenorchy #2 — ΔT 1.49
- Craig — ΔT 1.49
- Federal Memorial Dress (Military) — ΔT 1.49
- Oliphant Dress — ΔT 1.50
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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