Isle of Arran (Personal)
Bands: RYBRBYGBY · Stripes: R LO DR R DR LR G DB LR R LO DR R DR LR G DB LR
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1866
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1977 — Isle of Arran (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1977 — Arran, Isle of (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1866
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5281
Thread count
DR/4 DY16 DRa12 DR4 DRa12 N4 G12 DB12 N/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DRa | #480800 #480800 | B #2A418A | 0.24 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kilkenny County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 0.73
- Unnamed C19th (Silk Sash) — ΔT 0.78
- Tipperary County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 0.85
- Bhutan — ΔT 0.93
- Alabama (Fashion) — ΔT 1.02
- Belwade — ΔT 1.12
- Eusa — ΔT 1.15
- Nicolson of Taransay Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 1.19
- Prince Albert #2 — ΔT 1.19
- Prince Albert #3 — 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.
ID: /setts/s9/lr1db3g3lr1dr3r1dr3lo4r1~x4/