Buckie
In pattern BRBKGYGKR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=432
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/07/2000 — Buckie (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Buckie (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DB/4 LR4 DB100 K40 DG16 Y2 DG4 K4 N/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006400 | 0.16 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LR | #E87878 #E87878 | R #C80000 | 0.19 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #C80000 | 0.24 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Heart of Scotland (Fashion) — ΔT 0.53
- Guide Dogs (Corporate) — ΔT 0.90
- Scotland the Brave (Fashion) — ΔT 1.01
- Incorporation of Weavers (Glasgow) — ΔT 1.07
- CAL FIRE Local 2881 — ΔT 1.10
- Heart of Scotland Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 4230. Earliest known date: 1999 October 1999. Designed by Lochcarron of Scotland for 'Gavin' Kiltmaker. They use it for their hire kilts. Colour checked against sample. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.12
- Scottish Heather — ΔT 1.22
- Victorian Highland Pipe Band Assoc — ΔT 1.36
- Glasgow Clyde College — ΔT 1.40
- MacLaurin of Brioch — ΔT 1.42
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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