St. Francis Xavier University
Bands: BKBYWYK · Stripes: T K DB LO LB LO K T K DB LO LB LO K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3890
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1994 — St. Francis Xavier University (register-of-tartans, record)
- Jun. 1994 — St. Francis Xavier University (Corp) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3890
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5305
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2789
Thread count
B/4 K12 DB36 DY4 N36 DY4 K/12

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 | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| 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.
- Sneddon, Jonathan Taylor (Personal) — ΔT 0.80
- Strathclyde — ΔT 1.02
- Sibbald Blue (2014) — ΔT 1.04
- Ailsa, Craig — ΔT 1.06
- Hanna of Stirlingshire (Clan) — ΔT 1.08
- Loch Ness (Fashion) — ΔT 1.13
- Naysmith, William A (Personal) — ΔT 1.13
- Highfield Dress (Name) — ΔT 1.15
- Sibbald Blue (2014) — ΔT 1.19
- American Express — ΔT 1.20
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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