Plowman (Personal)
Bands: RBRGRBRGYRGRBRGRGW · Stripes: R DP R DG R DP R DG LY R DG R DP R DG R DG W R DP R DG R DP R DG LY R DG R DP R DG R DG W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3347
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1730 — Plowman (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1730 — Plowman (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3347
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6523
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3066
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
LN/2 G6 R48 G4 R4 DP36 R4 G4 R2 Y2 G2 R40 DP4 R4 G6 R4 DP34 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DP | #28003C #28003C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #DCBC00 #DCBC00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.04 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Plowman #2 (Personal) — ΔT 0.40
- Unidentified Scarlett #8 — ΔT 0.93
- Smeaton (Wedding) (Personal) — ΔT 1.17
- First Special Services Forces (Mil) — ΔT 1.19
- Hebridean, South Uist — ΔT 1.21
- Bahrain, Royal — ΔT 1.22
- Murray of Tullibardine #2 — ΔT 1.22
- King George IV - 1824 (Artefact) — ΔT 1.29
- Stewart/Stuart of Galloway (VS) — ΔT 1.33
- Livingstone (Australia) Official — ΔT 1.34
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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