Gordon Clan
Bands: BKBKBKGKYKGKBKBKBKGKYKGKBKBK · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K G K LY K G K DB K DB K DB K G K LY K G K DB K DB K DB K DB K DB K G K LY K G K DB K DB K DB K G K LY K G K DB K DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 28 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1453
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1453
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 223
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 223
Thread count
DB/46 K6 DB6 K6 DB6 K34 Ga44 K4 Y8 K4 Ga44 K34 DB44 K6 DB6 K6 DB44 K34 Ga44 K4 Y8 K4 Ga44 K34 DB6 K6 DB6 K/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gordon — ΔT 0.63
- Gordon of Esselmont — ΔT 0.93
- MacDonald — ΔT 0.95
- Wilson's No.157 — ΔT 1.07
- Campbell of Argyll Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1961. Earliest known date: 1810-15 This sett appears in the Cockburn Collection, (1815). Logan (1831). Vestiarium Scoticum (1842). Smibert (1850). Smith (1850). Grant (1886). The Setts No: 19 (1950). W & A K Johnston (1906). Like many of the earliest clan setts, the Campbell of Argyll, owes its origin to the post rebellion output of Wilson's of Bannockburn, whose monopoly on military supply dictated design. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.09
- Campbell — ΔT 1.10
- Stewart of Appin (Clan) — ΔT 1.12
- Gordon #4 — ΔT 1.14
- Rankine — ΔT 1.15
- Baillie of Polkemmet — ΔT 1.18
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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