Tennant (Clan)
Bands: RGBKGGR · Stripes: R DY B K G DY R R DY B K G DY R
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/1653/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- circa 1930 — Tennant (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- 01/01/1950 — Tennant #2 (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4089
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1653
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1653
Thread count
R/4 T28 B28 K28 G28 T28 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Tennant Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1653. Earliest known date: 1930 MacGregor-Hastie made few notes about his sample collection. In December 1967, Captain Tennant wrote to the Scottish Tartans Society, saying, ".. and I have no objection to other Tennants wearing it (Tennant tartan) but their problem will be to get hold of it ... I don't know of any other Tennant tartan and that is why I think my father designed this one." The head of the Tennant family is Lord Glenconner, descended from John Tennant of Blairston, Ayr. (1635). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.63
- Scottish Parliament (unofficial) — ΔT 0.91
- Casely — ΔT 0.91
- Forres — ΔT 0.95
- Parliament Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 2477. Earliest known date: 1998 Created to celebrate the referendum result for the re-establishment of a Scottish Parliament as well as to provide a Parliamentary livery tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.97
- MacDuff Hunting — ΔT 1.02
- Unidentified Pinafore — ΔT 1.15
- Birse — ΔT 1.18
- Styrian — ΔT 1.18
- Thompson's Fancy Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 286. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Designed for his own use. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.25
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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