Ford & Etal
Bands: KWRKGBKW · Stripes: K W R K G B K W K W R K G B K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1227
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Ford & Etal (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2004 — Ford & Etal (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1227
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6193
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2903
Thread count
K/12 W4 R64 K4 G84 B36 K24 W/4

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 |
| G | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Golden Wedding (Fashion) — ΔT 0.76
- Forrester / Foster — ΔT 0.84
- Windsor — ΔT 0.90
- Forrester (Clan) — ΔT 0.93
- Clarks No. 1 (Fashion) — ΔT 0.97
- St Lawrence Trade — ΔT 0.97
- Stuart/Stewart Riding Cloak — ΔT 0.99
- Harding Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 6796. Earliest known date: 2005 The tartan is part of a personal design project bringing together textile, silver and jewelry design and leatherworking, all inspired by the richness of the Scottish design and craft heritage. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.02
- Pope (Welsh Name) — ΔT 1.05
- Dinwoodie (Name) — ΔT 1.12
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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