Faskin Family (Aberdeenshire)
Bands: BBKGKGBGW · Stripes: T DP K G K G T G W T DP K G K G T G W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10571
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 20/02/2012 — Faskin Family (Aberdeenshire) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 20/02/2012 — Faskin (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Faskin Family Name Tartan Tartan Number: 10571. Earliest known date: 20/02/2012 Created to be a family tartan for the Faskin (Fasken) family in Aberdeenshire. The family name originates from Farskane near Cullen in Banffshire and Faskins have been resident in Aberdeenshire for 400 years. This tartan is primarily for the use of the designer's immediate family, but is also available for others to use in any way they choose. The colours were chosen to represent the Aberdeenshire and Banffshire countryside. Designed online using the Croftweaver software at www.tartansauthority.com. Anyone may have the tartan woven and it’s use should not be restricted See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10571
Thread count
B/2 P20 K20 G24 K2 G24 B4 G32 W/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2D8ACD #2D8ACD | B #2A418A | 0.22 |
| G | #016817 #016817 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| P | #770676 #770676 | B #2A418A | 0.16 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Henderson/MacKendrick — ΔT 0.89
- MacKendrick — ΔT 0.89
- Otago Peninsula — ΔT 1.02
- Carrick Hunting District Tartan Tartan Number: 721. Earliest known date: 1930 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.08
- Taylor — ΔT 1.09
- Ronald, Clan (Clan) — ΔT 1.14
- Marshall Field — ΔT 1.15
- Bute Heather, Glencallum (Fashion) — ΔT 1.18
- William & Mary GALA (Corporate) — ΔT 1.19
- Lossiemouth/Hersbruck — ΔT 1.23
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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