Auld Reekie
Bands: BRBRGR · Stripes: DB R DB R G R DB R DB R G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=133
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 133
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2381
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2381
Thread count
DBa/8 Ra6 DBa6 Ra44 G16 Ra/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Ra | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKintosh Plaid — ΔT 0.77
- MacKintosh, Plaid — ΔT 0.82
- Auld Lang Syne (red) Tartan Tartan Number: 2402. Earliest known date: Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.89
- Auld Reekie — ΔT 0.92
- Grant of Lurg — ΔT 1.02
- Crawford (Clan) — ΔT 1.04
- Crawford — ΔT 1.05
- Crawford — ΔT 1.06
- Auld Reekie Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 2381. Earliest known date: Pre 1997 Produced by or for Barkraft Lt for use as a blanket or rug. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.11
- Monica — ΔT 1.15
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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