Colchester & District Pipes & Drums
Bands: GRGRKW · Stripes: G R G R K W G R G R K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10181
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2010 — Colchester & District Pipes & Drums (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1st Jan. 2010 — Colchester & District P&D (Corporate (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10181
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
- MacGregor of Balquidder (Logan)
- MacGregor of Balquidder - 1831 (Clan
- Princess Margaret Rose Tartan Tartan Number: 986. Earliest known date: 1930 Colours reversed from MacGregor See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Thread count
G/10 R4 G46 R69 K2 W/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #458B00 #458B00 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #EE0000 #EE0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.07 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacGregor — ΔT 0.97
- MacGregor #4 — ΔT 1.15
- MacGregor #3 — ΔT 1.24
- Maver (Buckie) — ΔT 1.28
- Spens — ΔT 1.30
- National Defense — ΔT 1.34
- MacGregor — ΔT 1.36
- Pride of Cleveland Fall — ΔT 1.40
- Scott - 1842 (Clan) — ΔT 1.41
- Lermontov Bicentenary — ΔT 1.47
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/s6/g10r4g46r69k2w6/