Forbes - 1947 (Lyon Court)
In pattern BKBKGKW.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 7 stripe tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/212/
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- Forbes, Ancient
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 1831 — Forbes - 1947 (Lyon Court) (tartans-authority, record)
- 01/01/1949 — Forbes, Ancient (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1225
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 212
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 212
Thread count
DB/6 K36 DB36 K36 G36 K6 W/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Glen Nevis #1 (Fashion) — ΔT 0.95
- BlackRock (Symmetrical) — ΔT 1.03
- Triad Highland Games Proposed — ΔT 1.04
- MacArthur of Milton Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 700. Earliest known date: 1823 This is the older of the two MacArthur setts, which links the clan with the Campbells. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.06
- MacArthur of Milton (Clan) — ΔT 1.07
- MacLaggan — ΔT 1.08
- Gunn - 1810 (Clan) — ΔT 1.11
- Menteith — ΔT 1.12
- Gary/Garry (Name) — ΔT 1.12
- Redland — ΔT 1.13
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.
ID: /setts/s7/db1k6db6k6g6k1w1~x6/