Langston (Personal)
Bands: KGBGBGKGWGKRGRYRGR · Stripes: K G T G T G K G W G K R G R LY R G R K G T G T G K G W G K R G R LY R G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2045
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1999 — Langston (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1999 — Langston (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Langston Family Tartan Tartan Number: 4214. Earliest known date: 1999 The Langston family tartan was designed for LCDR Michael W. Langston of Greenville, USA, by Blair Urquhart of the House of Tartan. The light blue colour is described as Teal. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2045
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4214
Thread count
K/28 G4 B28 G6 B28 G4 K28 G28 LN4 G28 K28 R4 G4 R20 Y8 R20 G4 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Lee Cox (Personal) — ΔT 0.68
- Bowie (white lines) (Name) — ΔT 0.82
- Gordonstoun — ΔT 0.84
- Watt (Personal) — ΔT 0.90
- Bowie (Dalgety) Family Tartan Tartan Number: 434. Earliest known date: 1970-80 The name Bowie or Buie is associated with Argyllshire and the islands of Jura, Uist and Bute. The design comes from J. Dalgety, a weaving manufacturer who specializes in tartan. The date of the tartan is assumed. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.90
- Redgate (Name) — ΔT 0.95
- Recovery — ΔT 0.97
- Farquharson Dress (Fashion) — ΔT 0.98
- Festival Celtique de Qubecc — ΔT 0.98
- Buchanan (a) — 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.
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