Franconian
Bands: BBGBGBGBGBRBYBGBGBGBGBBBGRGWGRGB · Stripes: B DB G DB G DB G DB G DB R DB LY DB G DB G DB G DB G DB B DB G R G W G R G DB B DB G DB G DB G DB G DB R DB LY DB G DB G DB G DB G DB B DB G R G W G R G DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 32 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1244
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/08/1997 — Franconian (register-of-tartans, record)
- Aug 1997 — Franconian (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Franconian District Ger Tartan Tartan Number: 2305. Earliest known date: Aug 1997 August 1997. Designed by (or for?) the Highland Circle - a group of Malt Whisky drinkers in Franconia, Germany. Sample in STA's Johnston Collection + Lochcarron swatch. STS notes say designed by members of the Highland Circle and produced by Hugh MacPherson of Edinburgh. Blue & green lightened to show sett. 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: 1244
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2305
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2305
Thread count
B/10 DB8 G8 DB8 G44 DB8 G8 DB8 G8 DB44 R10 DB10 Y10 DB44 G8 DB8 G8 DB8 G44 DB8 G8 DB8 B10 DB44 G10 R10 G8 W10 G8 R10 G14 DB/44
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2474E8 #2474E8 | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| DB | #000064 #000064 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Franconian — ΔT 1.24
- United Services Planning Association — ΔT 1.48
- Dow-Aerlift (Name) — ΔT 1.57
- Campbell of Argyll #2 — ΔT 1.74
- Johnston Dress (Dalgleish) — ΔT 1.80
- Stephenson Hunting #2 — ΔT 1.84
- Hunter of Hunterston — ΔT 1.85
- Recovery hunting — ΔT 1.88
- Scottish American Military — ΔT 1.90
- Recovery dress — ΔT 1.90
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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