Borthwick Hunting
Bands: GKRKBKBKR · Stripes: DG K R K N K N K R DG K R K N K N K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=315
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 315
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 815
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 815
Thread count
G/24 K4 R24 K6 N24 K32 N24 K6 R/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| G | #004C00 #004C00 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #606060 #606060 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Borthwick — ΔT 0.52
- Borthwick D — ΔT 0.95
- Borthwick — ΔT 1.05
- Borthwick Family Tartan Tartan Number: 816. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Borthwick is an ancient Scottish family of Celtic origin. William de Borthwick built Borthwick Castle in Midlothian in the 14th century. The present chief of the border family is Major John Henry Stuart Borthwick of Crookston, Midlothian. He was recognised by Lord Lyon as the 23rd Lord Borthwick in 1986. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.09
- Borthwick D — ΔT 1.10
- Al Suwaidi of Abu Dhabi (Personal) — ΔT 1.16
- Brough — ΔT 1.18
- Utah (US State) — ΔT 1.19
- Unidentified, pattern — ΔT 1.21
- Unidentified Sample #2 — ΔT 1.23
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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