Cailleach
Bands: GRGBWBKBK · Stripes: G R G DB W DB K DB K G R G DB W DB K DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10152
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10152
Thread count
G/10 R2 G20 DB10 W2 DB5 K10 DB20 K/30

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #191970 #191970 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| G | #006400 #006400 | G #006100 | 0.01 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #FF0000 #FF0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Smith (Sir William) — ΔT 0.74
- Paterson (Dalgleish Version) — ΔT 0.74
- Newman — ΔT 0.81
- MacNeil — ΔT 0.86
- Cailleach (Fashion) — ΔT 0.88
- Spar (UK) Ltd Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2353. Earliest known date: December 1996 Spar is a UK based grocery chain and this tartan was designed for their 1997 conference in Scotland. The tartan was launched at a dinner at Blair Castle in Perthshire on 6th May 1997. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.91
- Rose — ΔT 0.92
- Loch Carron — ΔT 0.95
- Paterson (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
- Wacker — ΔT 0.96
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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