Shepherd, Derek (Piping)
Bands: KYGYGW · Stripes: K LY DY LY DY W K LY DY LY DY W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10160
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 04/02/2010 — Shepherd, Derek (Piping) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 4th Feb. 2010 — Shepherd Piping (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10160
Thread count
K/20 LYa8 T28 LY72 T8 W/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LY | #FFEC8B #FFEC8B | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| LYa | #FEE885 #FEE885 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.11 |
| T | #603311 #603311 | G #006100 | 0.17 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Fraser Yellow — ΔT 1.21
- Fraser, Yellow — ΔT 1.27
- MacKintosh Dress (Dance) — ΔT 1.42
- MacDuck (Corporate) — ΔT 1.43
- Cornish Christophers (Personal) — ΔT 1.52
- Orange Fanaticos — ΔT 1.58
- Fraser Yellow #2 — ΔT 1.58
- Burberry Counterfeit — ΔT 1.59
- Barbour - Ancient — ΔT 1.63
- Reekie, Charlene (Personal) — ΔT 1.63
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/k5ly2dy7ly18dy2w2~x4/