Gaines Center for the Humanities
Bands: RKGKBW · Stripes: R K G K DB LB R K G K DB LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1295
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1998 — Gaines Center for the Humanities (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1998 — Gaines Center for Humanities (Corp) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1295
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4190
Thread count
DR/4 K4 G24 K24 DB24 N/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacNeil of Barra — ΔT 0.47
- MacNiel of Barra — ΔT 0.69
- MacNiel of Barra — ΔT 0.69
- Davidson of Tulloch — ΔT 0.72
- Wellington — ΔT 0.73
- Hogarth, of Firhill — ΔT 0.75
- Royal Highland — ΔT 0.78
- Leslie Hunting — ΔT 0.85
- Dyce — ΔT 0.86
- Leslie, hunting — 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/lb1db6k6g6k1r1~x4/