George Watson's College
Bands: BRYGWGR · Stripes: T R LY G W G R T R LY G W G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1332
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1997 — George Watson's College (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1997 — George Watson's College (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1332
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4973
Thread count
B/6 DR48 Y6 G24 W6 G24 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Sawyer — ΔT 0.82
- Sawyer — ΔT 1.00
- Barbour - Classic — ΔT 1.01
- Craik, of Assington — ΔT 1.05
- Elystan Glodrydd (Name) — ΔT 1.07
- Barbour — ΔT 1.09
- Wilson's, No 109 — ΔT 1.10
- MacShane (Clan) — ΔT 1.16
- Sikh (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
- Sachie Hara Scottish Check (Personal) — ΔT 1.19
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.
ID: /setts/s7/r1g4w1g4ly1r8t1~x6/