Glassary #3
Bands: BYRYRYRY · Stripes: DB LY R LY R LY R LY DB LY R LY R LY R LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1363
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1363
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5801
Thread count
DB/16 Y4 R48 Y8 R8 Y48 R4 Y/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| 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.
- Glassary #2 — ΔT 1.29
- Masai Shuka 16 (Artefact) — ΔT 1.36
- Fernandes (Personal) — ΔT 1.36
- Scrymgeour Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1627. Earliest known date: 1971 Yellow ochre. A note in STS files says "Not Adopted" with no explanation. The STS research report reads, "The tartan detailed above was displayed at a gathering of Scrymgeours held at Dudhope Castle, Dundee, in 1971 and was later adopted as the official tartan. The sett was designed by Donald C Stewart, author of 'The Setts of the Scottish Tartans' in 1970." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.38
- MacMillan — ΔT 1.38
- Buchele Check (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.44
- Scrymgeour — ΔT 1.44
- Makhtoum — ΔT 1.45
- Strathearn (Royal) — ΔT 1.50
- MacMillan — ΔT 1.50
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/s8/db4ly1r12ly2r2ly12r1ly4~x4/