Skinner
Bands: BRKYKR · Stripes: DB R K LO K R DB R K LO K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3810
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1997 — Skinner (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Skinner Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2341. Earliest known date: 1880 circa A tartan worn by a John Skinner in 1941. He was born in Dundee 1873. His grandson (John H Beech?) wished the tartan identified and recorded. It is a Wallace variant, with a blue substituted for the black overcheck.. Safe enough now for wear by all Skinners. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3810
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2341
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2341
Thread count
DBa/4 R32 K32 DY4 K32 R/32

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Connel — ΔT 0.46
- MacDuff — ΔT 1.19
- Brodie (Clan) — ΔT 1.20
- Munro (Black and Red) — ΔT 1.24
- Skinner (Name) — ΔT 1.24
- MacDonald of Ardnamurchan (Clan?) — ΔT 1.25
- Haig & Haig Whisky — ΔT 1.28
- Bodog.com — ΔT 1.31
- bodog.com Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6889. Earliest known date: 2006 Corporate brand name and colours, red, black and silver grey used to support brand identification. Company owner and executive is Scottish. First tartan to be name after a web site and first ever tartan for Costa Rica. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.33
- MacKeane (Clan?) — ΔT 1.34
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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