Strathspey District Tartan Tartan Number: 1039. Earliest known date: 1795 From the back of a waistcoat of a Strathspey Fencible 1794-5. The design, which is a variation of the Black Watch may be attributed to General James Grant of Ballindalloch who raised the fencible unit and whose clan already used the the Black Watch as a hunting sett. The Strathspey tartan is now produced as a District tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern KBKBKGK.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 7 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1039
Thread count
K/4 DB4 K4 DB20 K20 G20 K/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Clergy (Clark) (Clan) — ΔT 1.01
- McCormick, Keith (Personal) — ΔT 1.03
- Ferguson of Balquhidder #3 — ΔT 1.13
- Campbell of Glenlyon Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 14. Earliest known date: pre 2003 MacKinlay strip. Sample in STS collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.17
- Gallamore — ΔT 1.18
- MacKay Plaid — ΔT 1.18
- Wilson's No 108 — ΔT 1.18
- Murray #3 — ΔT 1.18
- Murray (Variation) Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 271. Earliest known date: 1810-15 A simplified version of the Murray of Atholl. The Cockburn collection housed in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, is one of the earliest references for clan tartans. James Logan, in his book, The Scottish Gael (1831), wrote concerning the Black Watch, that "...a red stripe is often introduced", and this by Lord Murray who commanded the regiment. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.18
- Inneryne (Personal) — ΔT 1.20
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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