Leighton (Personal)
Bands: BYBGBGBR · Stripes: DR LO DR G DO DY DR R DR LO DR G DO DY DR R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2087
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2087
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2483
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2483
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DRa/8 DRb28 T16 DR20 G35 DRb20 DY4 DRb/20

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DRa | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DRb | #680028 #680028 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| T | #603800 #603800 | G #006100 | 0.16 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Leighton (Personal) — ΔT 0.07
- Unidentified #40 — ΔT 1.27
- Unidentified 2 — ΔT 1.39
- Caledonian Maple (Fashion) — ΔT 1.59
- MacDuff Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1654. Earliest known date: 1906 STS records (sic) 'Sett may be quite wrong. (S.S. May 86)' See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.61
- Heather MacRae — ΔT 1.62
- Amazing Union (Personal) — ΔT 1.68
- United Distillers Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2098. Earliest known date: 1989 An expression of evocative Scottish colours to reflect the corporate image of quality and style. (weft) lb4 b24 lb2 dg24 g24 r4 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.72
- Huntly #3 — ΔT 1.75
- MacDuff Hunting — ΔT 1.81
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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