Arbroath Smokie Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6596. Earliest known date: 01/01/2005 Designed by Heather Yellowly of the Strathmore Woollen Co, of Forfar for Campbell Scott of Arbroath Fisheries. The tartan celebrates the European protective geographical status being awarded to the Arbroath Smokie - one of only a few food products to have been awarded this status. Colours: red represents the sandstone of Arbroath Abbey where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1320; blue and white represent the sea; the red glow of the smokie barrel and the golden yellow of the delicacy itself. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Bands: YKBWBRYRY · Stripes: LO K DT W DT R LO R LO LO K DT W DT R LO R LO
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=6596
Thread count
DY/2 DR90 DN46 LN2 DN12 R4 DY2 R4 DY/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DN | #14283C #14283C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Royal Yaght Britannia, The — ΔT 1.22
- Flotilla Navy — ΔT 1.25
- Earthrise — ΔT 1.37
- Marsa Scout Group — ΔT 1.44
- Italian American — ΔT 1.45
- Marsa Scout Group — ΔT 1.48
- Royal Yacht Britannia — ΔT 1.49
- Ataç, H.M. & I.C. (Personal) — ΔT 1.53
- Home, or Hume — ΔT 1.58
- Superstition Fire Honor Guard Pipes — ΔT 1.66
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.
ID: /setts/s9/lo1k45dt23w1dt6r2lo1r2lo1~x2/