Scotia
Bands: BBWYBBBG · Stripes: B DB W LO DB B DP G B DB W LO DB B DP G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3673
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1850 — Scotia (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1850/1968 — Scotia (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3673
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 89
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 89
Thread count
Ba/12 DB12 W2 LT32 DB12 Ba44 P28 Ga/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| Ba | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ancient Gathering — ΔT 1.28
- Meeson Formal — ΔT 1.46
- Glen Lyon (Fashion) — ΔT 1.50
- Thousand Islands — ΔT 1.54
- Ontex — ΔT 1.55
- Royal Columbian Canadian Tartan Tartan Number: 1900. Earliest known date: pre 2003 This entry needs checking. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.63
- Meeson Dress Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 6026. Earliest known date: 2007 Formal Dress version. The gray was originally woven with a melange or marled yarn. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.64
- Highlands Country Club — ΔT 1.64
- Lachance Commemorative Tartan Tartan Number: 10645. Earliest known date: 01/04/2012 This tartan is designed to commemorate the award of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. The colours inspired by the Lachance Arms are: silver (‘argent’), nobility, peace and serenity; green (‘vert’), antiquity and strength; gold (‘or’), the light of the sun; blue (‘azure’), the eastern sky; brown (‘brun’) for the base of the trees. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.65
- Renfrewshire — ΔT 1.65
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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