George Heriot's School
In pattern WKBBRKY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5741
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- George Heriot's School
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/06/2000 — George Heriot's School (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2000 — George Heriot's (School) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5741
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7764
Thread count
Y/6 K2 N48 DB20 DBa48 K2 LN/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Yule (Name) — ΔT 0.78
- Unidentified (Woven sample) — ΔT 0.94
- Ancient Gathering — ΔT 1.01
- US Forces (Thurso) Regimental Tartan Tartan Number: 549. Earliest known date: 1986 Originally listed as MacNeil, this sett was identified by Ken Dalgliesh, weaver in Selkirk, in 1999. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.04
- Alexander of Menstry — ΔT 1.06
- Scottish Association for N.S. (Corp) — ΔT 1.10
- Longhaugh Primary School — ΔT 1.15
- Accenture — ΔT 1.20
- Fulbright Foundation — ΔT 1.22
- Queen Margaret University — ΔT 1.24
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.
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