Forfar District Tartan Tartan Number: 6238. Earliest known date: 01/03/2004 Designed by Arthur Mackie of The Strathmore Woollen Co. Ltd of Forfar which is the county town of Angus in Scotland. Historically Forfar has royal connections with King Malcolm II and III, Alexander II and III and King Robert the Bruce, all of whom favoured the town which resulted in Forfar being created as a Royal Burgh in the mid 12th century. The colours of the tartan are from the Coat of Arms displayed in the Council Chambers and the tartan has been approved by the town's Community Council. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Bands: BYBWYWBBBRBBBWYWBY · Stripes: T LY T W LO W B T B R B T B W LO W T LY T LY T W LO W B T B R B T B W LO W T LY
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=6238
Thread count
Ba/6 Ya2 Ba46 W40 LT2 W8 B44 Ba8 B8 R2 B8 Ba8 B44 W8 LT2 W40 Ba46 Ya/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Ba | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| 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 |
| Ya | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Anstey in New Scotland (Personal) — ΔT 1.28
- Jong Nederland Born Union, Dress — ΔT 1.41
- Ryder Cup, The — ΔT 1.54
- Ethiopia — ΔT 1.60
- Pille Family (Personal) — ΔT 1.60
- Diana Princess of Wales Memorial — ΔT 1.63
- Diana Princess of Wales Commemorative Tartan Tartan Number: 2515. Earliest known date: 1997 Sales help Princess Diana Memorial Trust and commemorate the life of Diana Princess of Wales. The design first appeared in September of 1997 and was relaunched by George Russell, chief executive of Scotland the Brand in December 1998. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.67
- Diana Princess of Wales Mem. (Commem — ΔT 1.69
- Inverness County (Canada) — ΔT 1.70
- Crieff Turquoise (Dance) — ΔT 1.73
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.
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