Kierson
In pattern KWGWGWKR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1959
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1959
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5346
Thread count
K/44 W32 G4 W28 G4 W32 K44 DR/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kennison — ΔT 0.63
- MacMillan — ΔT 0.92
- Forbes - 1880 (Clans Originaux) — ΔT 1.12
- MacPherson Dress Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 3246. Earliest known date: 1842 This version was recorded in the STS Sindex without the suffix, 'Dress', and with red in place of purple. Manufacturers have constistantly produced a MacPherson Dress with double purple stripes. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.15
- Black and White Golf — ΔT 1.17
- MacPherson Dress, Blue (Dance) — ΔT 1.19
- Macleod, Winnifred Mary, Dress — ΔT 1.20
- MacPherson Dress (1951) — ΔT 1.21
- Brodie (WCWM) — ΔT 1.33
- Yusra (Malay) (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
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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