Kilgour (Asymmetrical)
Bands: BKRKGKBY · Stripes: DB K R K G K DB LY DB K R K G K DB LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1968
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1880 — Kilgour (Asymmetrical) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1880 — Kilgour (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1968
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5348
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DBa/24 K12 R56 K12 G56 K12 DBa24 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| 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.
- Kilgour (Cant) — ΔT 0.00
- Kilgour (Symmetrical) — ΔT 0.00
- St. Clement of Rome (Corporate) — ΔT 0.66
- MacLagan of Glenquiech — ΔT 0.86
- Manson (Name) — ΔT 0.87
- Etienne-Carter, Sir George — ΔT 0.88
- Patterson, John (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- MacBrine (Name) — ΔT 0.92
- Patterson, John (Personal) — ΔT 0.93
- Unidentified #9 — ΔT 0.96
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/db6k3r14k3g14k3db6ly1~x4/