Cleland
Bands: KBGWR · Stripes: K N G W R K N G W R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=673
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 673
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6639
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2181
Thread count
K/4 B72 G24 W6 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #36648B #36648B | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| G | #397D02 #397D02 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cleland (Name) — ΔT 0.63
- Cleland Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2181. Earliest known date: 1989 The Tartan is based on the Douglas as the Clelands were hereditary foresters to the Douglases. There was a deal of inter-marriage between the Douglases, the Hamiltons and the Clelands. In 1989 John Clelland Hocknull of Casuavina in Australia's Northern Territories made it known that he was the Founder of the Northern Territories Clan Clelland Association Inc. who wanted to have a Clelland tartan designed. the task fell to Harry Lindley of Kinloch Anderson. D.C. Dalgliesh of Selkirk wove the first piece. Lord Lyon may have recorded the sett in the Lyon Court Books, but this is unconfirmed. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.74
- Milling-Kristensen (Personal) — ΔT 1.10
- Cleland — ΔT 1.20
- Spencer (2013) — ΔT 1.26
- Thunderlord (Corporate) — ΔT 1.37
- Leblant-Macqueron (Personal) — ΔT 1.37
- Norris (1998) — ΔT 1.39
- Tailor Ishida, Kobe — ΔT 1.40
- Tailor Ishida, Kobe — ΔT 1.44
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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