Nicolson of Taransay (Personal)
Bands: KKGBRGW · Stripes: K K G DB R G W K K G DB R G W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5782
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5782
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7828
Thread count
K/10 K8 Ga4 DBa32 R44 G20 LN/12

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 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Nicolson of Taransay (Personal) — ΔT 0.78
- Manderson #2 — ΔT 0.97
- Connelly, James (Personal) — ΔT 0.98
- Wallace Memorial Centenary — ΔT 1.07
- Comyn/Cumming — ΔT 1.08
- Wilson's, No 83 — ΔT 1.09
- Unidentified No 14 — ΔT 1.09
- Casey (Personal) — ΔT 1.13
- Eichelberger (Perrsonal) — ΔT 1.13
- Galvez-Brown (Personal) — ΔT 1.14
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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