Forbes #5
In pattern BKBKBKGKW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1218
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 304
Thread count
B/56 K6 B12 K6 B12 K40 T56 K6 LN/12
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| T | #503C14 #503C14 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Swallow Hotels (Corporate) — ΔT 0.63
- Cahonas Scotland — ΔT 0.69
- Brabender — ΔT 0.76
- Alexander Hunting (Name) — ΔT 0.81
- Forbes #3 — ΔT 0.84
- Sandberg — ΔT 0.88
- Lamont — ΔT 0.92
- Caledonian Hotel (Corporate) — ΔT 0.94
- Gammell (1978) (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
- Unidentified #61 — ΔT 0.98
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/s9/db28k3db6k3db6k20dy28k3w6~x2/