Watson
Bands: BKBRBKGYGYGYGKBRBK · Stripes: DB K DB R DB K G LY G LY G LY G K DB R DB K DB K DB R DB K G LY G LY G LY G K DB R DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4503
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4503
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 307
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 307
Thread count
DBa/48 K4 DBa4 R4 DBa4 K40 G32 Y4 G4 Y6 G4 Y4 G32 K40 DBa4 R4 DBa4 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
| Ya | #D8B000 #D8B000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Farquharson — ΔT 0.67
- Rankine — ΔT 0.83
- Cooper/Couper (James Cant) — ΔT 0.86
- Genet of An Gwylvos (Montana) — ΔT 0.88
- Logan — ΔT 0.88
- Ochiltree (Name) — ΔT 0.92
- MacNeil of Colonsay (Highland Society of London) — ΔT 0.95
- Cameron — ΔT 0.96
- Farquharson (Clan) — ΔT 0.97
- Ogilvie of Inverarity (Wilson) / Ochterlonie — ΔT 0.99
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/s18/db24k2db2r2db2k20g16ly2g2ly3g2ly2g16k20db2r2db2k2~x2/