Daks (Blue)
Bands: GBBBYBBG · Stripes: DY DB DB DB LO DB DB DY DY DB DB DB LO DB DB DY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=866
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 866
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1725
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1725
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
T/6 DB12 DBa4 LT4 DBa22 DB4 DBa4 T/6

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 |
| DBa | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Daks Muted blue Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1725. Earliest known date: 1987 Submitted in 1981 as a potential Currie sett. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.55
- United Colours of Scotland (Corporat — ΔT 1.15
- New Club Centenary — ΔT 1.45
- Great Scot (Fashion) — ΔT 1.56
- Mundigl Family Tartan Tartan Number: 6066. Earliest known date: 2003 We chose blue because we liked it See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.60
- Balmoral Hotel — ΔT 1.62
- Dalmeny - 1965 (Fashion) — ΔT 1.64
- Hutchesons' Grammar School — ΔT 1.67
- Great Scot — ΔT 1.68
- Hopkins (Wales) — ΔT 1.70
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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