Carmichael
Bands: KGBRBY · Stripes: K G DB R DB LY K G DB R DB LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=565
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1907 — Carmichael (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1907 — Carmichael 1907 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 565
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1078
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1078
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
K/10 G64 DB64 R6 DB6 Y/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Pride of Yorkland (Fashion) — ΔT 0.50
- Turnbull Hunting (1983) #2 — ΔT 0.76
- Wishart Htg (Clan) — ΔT 0.77
- Irving of Glentulchan — ΔT 0.77
- Douglas, Green (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.78
- Highlander Highland Laddie — ΔT 0.81
- Turnbull Hunting (Name) — ΔT 0.85
- Heckenberg Htg (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Leslie, Hebridean — ΔT 0.89
- Vance (Family Association) — ΔT 0.89
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/k5g32db32r3db3ly3~x2/