Oor Wullie (DC Thomson)

In pattern WWKRYRY.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 stripe tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10356

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

Y/6 R6 Ya4 R40 K32 LN48 W/4 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
K#101010 #101010K #0000000.17
LN#E0E0E0 #E0E0E0W #F7F7F70.07
R#FF0000 #FF0000R #CC00000.11
W#FFFFFF #FFFFFFW #F7F7F70.02
Y#FFE600 #FFE600Y #F2BF000.10
Ya#FFA500 #FFA500Y #F2BF000.06

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Oor Wullie (Corporate) — ΔT 0.74
  2. Oor Wullie Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 10356. Earliest known date: August 2010 Oor Wullie's tartan is based on the Black Watch which was his Uncle Wattie's regiment and in this new design the red is from the hackle on their famous bonnets. The silver grey is for Wullie's iconic bucket and for his faithful pet, Jeemie the moose. The black is for his mentor PC Murdoch and for Wullie's dungarees, the yellow is for his tousled gold locks that never see a comb. The three lines on the yellow are for his best pals Fat Bob, Soapy Soutar and Wee Eck. The black and white are for the newsprint of The Sunday Post in which Wullie and his pals have lived for 75 years. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.03
  3. Gillies Red Dress — ΔT 1.06
  4. Clan MacLeod Societies of Canada — ΔT 1.06
  5. Christie (London) — ΔT 1.16
  6. Gillies, dress Red — ΔT 1.20
  7. Edinburgh Napier University (Corp.) — ΔT 1.26
  8. Unidentified from Winnipeg — ΔT 1.39
  9. MacKellar Dress Red — ΔT 1.46
  10. MacLachlan Dress — ΔT 1.48

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 14299 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.

Oor Wullie (Corporate)Oor Wullie Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 10356. Earliest known date: August 2010 Oor Wullie's tartan is based on the Black Watch which was his Uncle Wattie's regiment and in this new design the red is from the hackle on their famous bonnets. The silver grey is for Wullie's iconic bucket and for his faithful pet, Jeemie the moose. The black is for his mentor PC Murdoch and for Wullie's dungarees, the yellow is for his tousled gold locks that never see a comb. The three lines on the yellow are for his best pals Fat Bob, Soapy Soutar and Wee Eck. The black and white are for the newsprint of The Sunday Post in which Wullie and his pals have lived for 75 years. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Gillies Red DressClan MacLeod Societies of CanadaChristie (London)Gillies, dress RedEdinburgh Napier University (Corp.)Unidentified from WinnipegMacKellar Dress RedMacLachlan Dress

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