Nowell/Noel
Bands: BGBGKWR · Stripes: DB G DB G K LB R DB G DB G K LB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3206
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3206
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4108
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/32 G8 DB40 G48 K4 N4 DR/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #788CB4 #788CB4 | B #2A418A | 0.25 |
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #B00000 #B00000 | R #CC0000 | 0.06 |
| DY | #C88C00 #C88C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.15 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
| P | #64008C #64008C | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Vance (Family Association) Corporate Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2208. Earliest known date: December 1994 Designed and Copyrighted in the US by Mark W. Vance. Details from Vance Family Association website. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.04
- Miller — ΔT 1.28
- Vance (Family Association) — ΔT 1.39
- Greenways Marketing Intl (Corporate) — ΔT 1.40
- Nowell/Noel (Name) — ΔT 1.41
- Carmichael — ΔT 1.43
- Lee (Personal) — ΔT 1.44
- Isle of Harris (District) — ΔT 1.44
- Wishart Htg (Clan) — ΔT 1.44
- MacIntyre L — ΔT 1.45
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/s7/db8g2db10g12k1lb1r1~x4/