Orkney Slate

In pattern BGKBGKGB.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripe tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10440

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

K/8 N74 LN8 K42 N11 P2 N16 K/4 Sett

Palette

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

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
K#222222 #222222B #2A418A0.19
N#6A6A6A #6A6A6AG #0061000.17

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Lochnagar Dress (Fashion) — ΔT 0.90
  2. Melrose Newbigging Grey (Name) — ΔT 1.10
  3. Edinburgh, The University of — ΔT 1.18
  4. University of Edinburgh — ΔT 1.24
  5. William Glen & Son (Corporate) — ΔT 1.37
  6. Cirse 3D — ΔT 1.37
  7. Lion Brand Sportswear — ΔT 1.38
  8. Suttle (Personal) — ΔT 1.39
  9. Katsushika Scottish Country Dancers — ΔT 1.42
  10. William Glen and Son — ΔT 1.43

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.

Lochnagar Dress (Fashion)Melrose Newbigging Grey (Name)Edinburgh, The University ofUniversity of EdinburghWilliam Glen & Son (Corporate)Cirse 3DLion Brand SportswearSuttle (Personal)Katsushika Scottish Country DancersWilliam Glen and Son

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