Niagara Falls

In pattern BGBGGGBGBYGR.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripes tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3132

Thread count

DN/44 G8 DN8 G34 T34 G34 DN8 G8 DN44 Y16 T16 R/16

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. Niagra Falls Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1915. Earliest known date: 1967 Designed to be used in the refurbishing of Johnstons of Elgin new mill shop and based on the colours of the mill shop house style. The lighter square is represented here as green from the 'Antique' colour range, a speciality of Johnstons of Elgin. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.41
2. Niagara Falls — ΔT 0.62
3. Bowie (Lochcarron) — ΔT 0.68
4. Maple Leaf Canadian District Tartan Tartan Number: 2034. Earliest known date: 1964 In creating the Maple Leaf Tartan fabric, David Weiser captured the natural phenomena of these leaves turning from summer into autumn. (The Office of the High Commissioner for Canada.) The sett is now regarded as a National tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.74
5. Maple Leaf MINI Canadian District Tartan Tartan Number: 20355. Earliest known date: 1964 Generated for Dupion Silk List for display purpose. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.74
6. Rotary Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2334. Earliest known date: 1996 March 1996. Check colours. Sample in STA Johnston Collection. Woven by Lochcarron of Scotland. STS entry says that it was launched at the Rotary World Convention, Glasgow, 1997 and indicates that it was designed by the Tartans Society (Keith Lumsden) for Rotary International. A counter claim suggests that Geoffrey (Tailor) was the designer. He's certainly the official supplier and can be contacted on 0131 557 0256 - 17.9.04 - "only polyviscose left and when that's finished, they won't be stocking any more." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.02
7. Maple Leaf — ΔT 1.04
8. Akins of Candler (Personal) — ΔT 1.06
9. Terre D'Ecosse — ΔT 1.11
10. Casely Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2146. Earliest known date: 1992 The chiefly sett of a family tartan designed by Harry Lindley for the Scottish Tartans Society, to whom Mr Gordon Casely petitioned for the design in 1990. Formal accreditation was granted in 1993. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.11

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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