Lochaber
Bands: GKRKGKRBBGBBRKGKRK · Stripes: G K R K G K R DB T G T DB R K G K R K G K R K G K R DB T G T DB R K G K 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=2159
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2159
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 685
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 685
Thread count
G/8 K2 R4 K2 G66 K70 R4 DB66 B4 G8 B4 DB66 R4 K70 G66 K2 R4 K/2

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 |
| DBa | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Sinclair-Brown (Personal) — ΔT 0.74
- Ogilvie of Inverarity (V.S.) — ΔT 0.86
- Blairlogie or Blair Athol — ΔT 0.92
- Cooper/Couper — ΔT 0.96
- Jardine Dress — ΔT 0.97
- Glynn of Glynnstewart (Personal) — ΔT 0.99
- MacDonald of Clanranald #4 — ΔT 1.03
- Rankin, John (Personal) — ΔT 1.06
- Robertson Hunting — ΔT 1.09
- Baron of Greencastle Htg (Personal) — ΔT 1.11
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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