Buchanan Variant
Bands: BKYKYKBKRBRKBKRWRK · Stripes: B K LY K LY K B K O B O K B K R W R K B K LY K LY K B K O B O K B K R W R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=431
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 431
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2728
Thread count
B/16 K6 Y44 K6 Y44 K6 B16 K6 DO44 B16 DO44 K6 B16 K6 R28 LN6 R28 K/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #0596FA #0596FA | B #2A418A | 0.27 |
| DO | #BE7832 #BE7832 | R #CC0000 | 0.17 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C82828 #C82828 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #FADC00 #FADC00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Buchanan Old Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1948. Earliest known date: pre 2003 The asymetrical version of Logan's count. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.96
- Hovington (2014) — ΔT 1.12
- Buchanan — ΔT 1.12
- Jacobite (1712) (Universal) — ΔT 1.16
- Hudson Bay Company Artifact — ΔT 1.20
- BeeJay — ΔT 1.20
- Buchanan (1850 - Clan) — ΔT 1.22
- Buchanan (Wilson) — ΔT 1.22
- BeeJay — ΔT 1.23
- Jacobite — ΔT 1.25
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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