Laing of Archiestown
Bands: KRWRBRWR · Stripes: K R W R DB R W R K R W R DB R W R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2028
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2028
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2544
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2544
Thread count
K/8 R8 W8 R8 DB64 R8 W8 R/8

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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Yudo (Corporate) — ΔT 0.72
- Laing of Archiestown Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2544. Earliest known date: 1783 Said to have been woven in 1783 in Knockando Morayshire, by William Donald Laing of Queensland, Australia who donated a sample to the Tartans Society in 1996. The dark line in the centre of the red band is either blue or black. Apparently William Laing acquired the piece of tartan in 1961 from a Mr Jack Garden whose g.g. grandfather was John Laing (dob 1767) who wove the tartan. In the 1810 census he lived in his shop in the Square at Archiestown. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.91
- Clemens and August (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- Good Morning America (Corporate) — ΔT 1.28
- Regan — ΔT 1.32
- Western Illinois University — ΔT 1.41
- Loughborough Sport — ΔT 1.42
- Wolverines (Corporate) — ΔT 1.45
- Largs (1981) (District) — ΔT 1.46
- Ainslie — ΔT 1.48
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/k1r1w1r1db8r1w1r1~x8/