Forbes Dress (Clans Originaux)
Bands: WBWKWKW · Stripes: W B W K W K W W B W K W K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1223
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1223
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6295
Thread count
W/12 B6 W40 K4 W6 K50 W/6

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 |
| 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.
- MacPherson of Cluny (Black and White) — ΔT 0.59
- MacFie of Colonsay Dress (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.02
- MacPherson Dress (1951) — ΔT 1.03
- O'Sullivan-Beare (Family) — ΔT 1.03
- MacPherson - 1842 (VS) Dress — ΔT 1.08
- Stutterheim — ΔT 1.10
- MacPherson #10 — ΔT 1.16
- Erskine (Black and White) — ΔT 1.19
- Highland Park High School (Texas) — ΔT 1.19
- Ailsa, Navy (Dance) — ΔT 1.23
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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