Thistle of Scotland

In pattern RBKKGKGKW.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4104

Attestations

This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.

• 01/01/2000 — Thistle of Scotland (register-of-tartans, record)
• 2000 — Thistle of Scotland (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)

Thread count

N/6 DB56 G4 DB4 G4 DB6 K32 DBa48 P/6

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

1. Crieff Highland Gathering — ΔT 1.16
2. Crieff Highland Gathering Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 11108. Earliest known date: 2013 The colours selected for the Crieff Highland Gathering tartan, deep blue, green and purple have been used in the CHG logo for many years. They are also long established within the traditions of the Gathering, established in 1874, which runs the Crieff Highland Games. The blue relates to the Earn, the main river running through the town of Crieff and the Strathearn region. The green depicts the trees around the town. Crieff's name originates from the Scottish Gaelic word 'Craoibh' meaning 'tree'; whilst another common meaning is 'town in the valley of the trees'. The tartan's vibrant purple reflects the colour of the thistle. Thistles were incorporated into the Games as an ancient Celtic 'symbol of notability of character'. The thistle is also considered of 'high chivalric order' and Scotland's National Emblem. The Games are used by the Chieftain of the Games (in the past a Clans Chieftain) to highlight the fastest and strongest people in the area. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.25
3. Leung (Personal) — ΔT 1.46
4. American National Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 6882. Earliest known date: 01/01/2006 Designed by Erica Randall of The House of Edgar for Houston Kilts of Glasgow. Letter of appreciation on Scottish Tartans Authority file from President Bush thanking Ken MacDonald of Houston Kilts for 'the kilt outfit'./Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.47
5. Schmidt (2014) — ΔT 1.48
6. Robert Burns Legacy — ΔT 1.48
7. National Wedding — ΔT 1.48
8. National Wedding (Fashion) — ΔT 1.51
9. Heirloom Dark Alba (Fashion) — ΔT 1.51
10. Barry (Name) — ΔT 1.57

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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