Callaghan
Bands: KRKGKYK · Stripes: K O K DG K LY K K O K DG K LY K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=483
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/08/2007 — Callaghan (register-of-tartans, record)
- August 2007 — Callaghan (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 483
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7299
Thread count
DBa/10 DR2 DBa82 DG16 DBa16 Y2 DBa/10

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 #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBa | #00002C #00002C | K #000000 | 0.16 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #943030 #943030 | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| Y | #B8A82C #B8A82C | Y #F2BF00 | 0.11 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cullen (Christian Hill) — ΔT 1.62
- Laird (Restricted) — ΔT 2.20
- Pisniak (Personal) — ΔT 2.26
- Selkirk Silver Band (Corporate) — ΔT 2.27
- Clan Inebriated (Corporate) — ΔT 2.27
- Scotland's Lionheart — ΔT 2.33
- Alich (Personal) — ΔT 2.36
- CI (Corporate) — ΔT 2.38
- Norwich No.030 — ΔT 2.39
- Auchairne (Corporate) — ΔT 2.41
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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