Gyle
Bands: GBGR · Stripes: DG T DG R DG T DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 4 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1565
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1565
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2692
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2692
Thread count
DG/20 B160 DG20 DR/40

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 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gyle (Corporate) — ΔT 1.13
- Carlisle Ancient — ΔT 1.34
- North Sea Commission — ΔT 1.46
- Loch Lomond — ΔT 1.52
- Sligo — ΔT 1.54
- Blue Meadow Check (Fashion) — ΔT 1.55
- Thunderlord (Corporate) — ΔT 1.67
- Rea — ΔT 1.70
- Gallaecia (Unofficial) (District) — ΔT 1.74
- MacCallum High School Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 1279. Earliest known date: 0 From the J. Rutledge Collection, Belfast. MacCallum High School, Philadelphia See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.74
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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