Forbes

In pattern BKBKGKW.

This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 7 stripe tartan.

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Also known as

This cloth is also recorded under:

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

B/2 K2 B12 K12 G12 K2 LN/2 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
B#304080 #304080B #2A418A0.02
G#008000 #008000G #0061000.10
K#000000 #000000K #0000000.00
LN#E0E0E0 #E0E0E0W #F7F7F70.07

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Campbell, The White Stripe — ΔT 0.51
  2. Murray — ΔT 0.63
  3. Morrison — ΔT 0.71
  4. MacNeil 1 — ΔT 0.74
  5. Glenturret — ΔT 0.75
  6. Fletcher — ΔT 0.84
  7. Forbes — ΔT 0.84
  8. Melville — ΔT 0.86
  9. Unnamed, No 26 — ΔT 0.86
  10. Fletcher #2 — ΔT 0.92

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.

Campbell, The White StripeMurrayMorrisonMacNeil 1GlenturretFletcherForbesMelvilleUnnamed, No 26Fletcher #2

ID: /setts/s7/db1k1db6k6g6k1w1~x2/

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