Colvin
Bands: BRGBWBWB · Stripes: DB R DG DB LB DB LB DB DB R DG DB LB DB LB DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=719
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1998 — Colvin (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1998 — Colvin (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 719
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4196
Thread count
DB/12 DR18 G128 DB32 N8 DB8 N8 DB/72
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| G | #004C00 #004C00 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Greenways Marketing Intl (Corporate) — ΔT 0.80
- Gracie — ΔT 0.82
- Home (Clan) — ΔT 0.97
- Gammell — ΔT 1.09
- Rowan (Name) — ΔT 1.10
- Kinross (Fashion) — ΔT 1.12
- Wishart Htg (Clan) — ΔT 1.14
- Sorbie — ΔT 1.15
- Sorbie (Name) — ΔT 1.16
- Highlands School, (North Carolina) — ΔT 1.16
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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