Elgin
Bands: BRBWKWY · Stripes: DO O DO LB K LB LR DO O DO LB K LB LR
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1096
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1096
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4803
Thread count
DR/16 DO4 DR20 LR16 K4 LR4 N/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO | #B84C00 #B84C00 | R #CC0000 | 0.08 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LR | #E8CCB8 #E8CCB8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ryan/Fehder (Personal) — ΔT 1.16
- Dogrobes — ΔT 1.33
- Hoffman Texas German — ΔT 1.37
- Mangles, Peter and Annette (Personal) — ΔT 1.43
- Malliou, Despina (Personal) — ΔT 1.44
- Mangles, Peter and Annette (Personal — ΔT 1.47
- Ikelman No 2 — ΔT 1.53
- Strathblane — ΔT 1.56
- Royal Stuart/Stewart — ΔT 1.56
- Hunter (USA) — ΔT 1.56
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/do4o1do5lb4k1lb1lr1~x4/