Melville (Two black lines)
Bands: BKBGWG · Stripes: B K B DG W DG B K B DG W DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2915
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2915
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1050
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1050
Thread count
B/16 K8 B104 G104 W4 G/16

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 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Oliphant (Clan) — ΔT 0.97
- Greenlaw, American (Name) — ΔT 1.16
- MacAuliffe/McAucliffe — ΔT 1.32
- Corries — ΔT 1.35
- Phoenix Police Honor Guard (Corp.) — ΔT 1.38
- Port Authority of NY & NJ — ΔT 1.39
- Oliphant — ΔT 1.42
- Unidentified #6 — ΔT 1.42
- Oliphant — ΔT 1.44
- Unidentified 1 — 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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