Glen Esk
In pattern GRGRGBGY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1376
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Glen Esk (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Glen Esk (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1376
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5006
Thread count
G/40 DR4 G4 DR8 G32 B40 G4 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #0000B4 #0000B4 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #9C0030 #9C0030 | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
| G | #004800 #004800 | G #006100 | 0.08 |
| Y | #FCC800 #FCC800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacIntyre L — ΔT 0.81
- Heritage Tartan, The — ΔT 0.93
- MacIntyre LC — ΔT 0.99
- MacIntyre LC — ΔT 0.99
- Rowan — ΔT 1.02
- Greenways Marketing Intl (Corporate) — ΔT 1.04
- MacIntyre — ΔT 1.08
- Greenways Marketing Intl — ΔT 1.08
- MacHardy — ΔT 1.09
- Kells Irish Pubs (Corporate) — ΔT 1.09
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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