Balamory
Bands: BWBWBWBBWBWBWB · Stripes: B LB B W B LB B DT LB DT LB DT LB B B LB B W B LB B DT LB DT LB DT LB B
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=172
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2005 — Balamory (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2005 — Balamory (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Balamory Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 6784. Earliest known date: pre 2005 Archies kilt See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 172
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6784
Thread count
B/18 LB4 B18 LY4 B18 LR32 B2 K20 LR8 K4 LR4 K4 LR8 B/18

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1888D8 #1888D8 | B #2A418A | 0.22 |
| K | #1C1C1C #1C1C1C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| LR | #ECCCB8 #ECCCB8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
| LY | #FCEC94 #FCEC94 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacHinery Dress (Fashion) — ΔT 0.94
- MacHinery Dress — ΔT 1.00
- Galego — ΔT 1.20
- Conquergood — ΔT 1.25
- Sinclair Dress (Dance) — ΔT 1.26
- Keela — ΔT 1.26
- St. Andrews Dress, Earl of — ΔT 1.27
- Beck (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
- Bradey Blue Dress — ΔT 1.39
- Avalon - Carroll House — ΔT 1.40
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/s14/b9lb4dt2lb2dt2lb4dt10b1lb16b9w2b9lb2b9~x2/