Forfar
In pattern BYBWYWBBBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1229
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/03/2004 — Forfar (register-of-tartans, record)
- March 2004 — Forfar (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1229
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6238
Thread count
B/6 Y2 B46 W40 LT2 W8 DB44 B8 DB8 R/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Alberta Dress — ΔT 0.99
- Jubilee, South Canterbury Centre Piping & Dancing Association — ΔT 1.07
- Galego — ΔT 1.10
- Payeur, Francois (Personal) — ΔT 1.14
- South Canterbury Jubillee (Corporate — ΔT 1.17
- Xain (Personal) — ΔT 1.19
- Nova Scotia Dress (District) — ΔT 1.21
- Jong Nederland Born Union (Corp) — ΔT 1.23
- Nova Scotia Dress — ΔT 1.23
- Minnesota Dress — ΔT 1.25
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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