Cairngorm #2
Bands: BBBKGRG · Stripes: N T N K Y O Y N T N K Y O Y
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=463
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2006 — Cairngorm #2 (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2006 — Cairngorm #2 (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 463
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7071
Thread count
N/8 DR8 N44 K30 Na44 B8 Na/10

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #607C88 #607C88 | B #2A418A | 0.20 |
| DR | #982C2C #982C2C | R #CC0000 | 0.10 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #406454 #406454 | G #006100 | 0.11 |
| Na | #445464 #445464 | B #2A418A | 0.10 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- House of Bruar (Corporate) — ΔT 1.24
- Swankie — ΔT 1.31
- Bennachie (Whisky) — ΔT 1.37
- Saorsa (Corporate) — ΔT 1.40
- Sound of Mull — ΔT 1.41
- Limerick, County — ΔT 1.43
- Baron of Crawfordjohn (Personal) — ΔT 1.49
- Royal Highland Society (Corporate) — ΔT 1.52
- Dewar (WCWM) — ΔT 1.52
- I Y — ΔT 1.52
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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