Douglas, Black
Bands: KBGKR · Stripes: K B G K R K B G K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=964
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1920 — Douglas, Black (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Douglas, Black (Clan?) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 964
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1029
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1029
Thread count
K/8 B5 G44 K40 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3070FC #3070FC | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C40000 #C40000 | R #CC0000 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Robert Gordon University — ΔT 0.85
- Sinclair, hunting — ΔT 0.88
- Wilson's, No 140 — ΔT 0.94
- Douglas, (Black) — ΔT 0.98
- Cleghorn (Personal) — ΔT 1.03
- Wallace Htg (Clan) — ΔT 1.16
- Innes, hunting — ΔT 1.21
- Wallace, hunting — ΔT 1.23
- Unnamed 3 — ΔT 1.26
- Wilson's No.079 — ΔT 1.28
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.
ID: /setts/s5/k8b5g44k40r6/