Toshach
Bands: BGGGWGGGGRGWGWGGGGWGGG · Stripes: T G DG G W G DG G DG R DG W DG W DG G DG G W G DG G T G DG G W G DG G DG R DG W DG W DG G DG G W G DG G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 22 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4140
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Toshach (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Toshach (Artefact) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Toshach Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2344. Earliest known date: pre 2002 Toshach is an early Celtic title given to minor territorial chiefs in Scotland (note Eire Prime Minister's official title is this). This sett was taken from a rug in the possession for many generations of a family whose forebear was reputed to be Sir Walter Scott's librarian. Green lightened to show sett. 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: 4140
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2344
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2344
Thread count
B/8 Gb10 G8 Gb20 LN4 Gb20 G4 Gb4 G40 R8 G8 LN8 G8 LN8 G40 Gb4 G4 Gb20 LN4 Gb20 G8 Gb/20

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 | #005448 #005448 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Gb | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Toshach — ΔT 1.26
- Snodgrass — ΔT 1.56
- Hay Hunting — ΔT 1.59
- Gayre Dress — ΔT 1.65
- Redmond (2014) — ΔT 1.68
- Scott, hunting special — ΔT 1.72
- Scottish Heritage USA (SHUSA) — ΔT 1.74
- Greylock — ΔT 1.76
- Norwich No.038 — ΔT 1.78
- Scottish Heritage USA (SHUSA) (Corp) — ΔT 1.79
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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