Norwegian Migration Period
Bands: RBRBWBYR · Stripes: R DT O DT LB DT LY O R DT O DT LB DT LY O
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3165
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1901 — Norwegian Migration Period (register-of-tartans, record)
- 400 - 600AD — Norwegian Migration Period (Artefact (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3165
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5584
Thread count
DR/32 K32 LT24 K4 Na8 K36 LY16 N/120

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #B00000 #B00000 | R #CC0000 | 0.06 |
| K | #202020 #202020 | B #2A418A | 0.20 |
| LT | #A0783C #A0783C | R #CC0000 | 0.18 |
| LY | #D8D898 #D8D898 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.10 |
| N | #8C8C8C #8C8C8C | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| Na | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Glencross, (Solway) (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- Westwood (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.05
- Rosevear — ΔT 1.07
- Rosevear — ΔT 1.10
- Golden Wedding (Fashion) — ΔT 1.15
- Unnamed C20th - National Archives — ΔT 1.17
- (4) Traill — ΔT 1.22
- Silver Wedding (Fashion) — ΔT 1.24
- Ford & Etal — ΔT 1.27
- State Seal of New Mexico (Fashion) — ΔT 1.28
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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