Highland Blue
Bands: BGBYBYBBBWBBBYBYBG · Stripes: DP G DB LY T LY DB N DB W DB N DB LY T LY DB G DP G DB LY T LY DB N DB W DB N DB LY T LY DB G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1706
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1706
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5188
Thread count
G/26 DB10 Y6 B12 Y6 DB10 N12 DB56 W4 DB56 N12 DB10 Y6 B12 Y6 DB10 G26 P/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Wa | #FCFCEC #FCFCEC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kennewell (Personal) — ΔT 0.83
- Knox #2 — ΔT 0.97
- Waipu — ΔT 1.04
- Service of Drymen Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 1380. Earliest known date: pre 2003 The design is based on the Sillers connection with the Isle of Arran and the Clan Stewart. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.06
- Kennewell (Personal) — ΔT 1.10
- Twenty First Century — ΔT 1.11
- Service of Drymen (Personal) — ΔT 1.17
- Spirit of Fife — ΔT 1.19
- Highland, Blue (Corporate) — ΔT 1.24
- Leith — ΔT 1.27
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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