Blackie
Bands: BRBRWGYG · Stripes: T R T R W G LY G T R T R W G LY G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=285
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1880 — Blackie (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1880s? — Blackie (Artefact) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 285
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7184
Thread count
B/4 R18 B4 R18 W10 G18 Y4 G/18

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cawte of Middlebanknock (Personal) — ΔT 1.04
- Jardine of Castlemilk — ΔT 1.11
- Aboyne II (Fashion) — ΔT 1.18
- Jardine, of Castlemilk — ΔT 1.26
- Londonderry — ΔT 1.34
- Victoria, City of (British Columbia) — ΔT 1.35
- Inspiration — ΔT 1.36
- Toorak Chapler — ΔT 1.40
- Wilson's, No 109 — ΔT 1.40
- Toorak Chapler (Fashion) — ΔT 1.41
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/g9ly2g9w5r9t2r9t2~x2/