Famous Grouse, The
Bands: BRGKBKBKRG · Stripes: DP M G K DP K DP K M G DP M G K DP K DP K M G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2858
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2858
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2397
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2397
Thread count
LG/4 R52 K6 P8 K32 P8 K6 LG52 R8 P/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #649848 #649848 | G #006100 | 0.20 |
| P | #64008C #64008C | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| R | #A00048 #A00048 | R #CC0000 | 0.12 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Roxburgh Red — ΔT 0.88
- Roxburgh, Red — ΔT 0.89
- MacInroy (Wedding) (Personal) — ΔT 0.94
- MacPherson Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 547. Earliest known date: 1850 This version also appears in Grants 'Tartans of the Clans of Scotland' (1886). D.W.Stewart said (in 1893) "it was the earliest known to have been worn by the clan, and is reputed to have been worn in two forms; as a clan tartan with a white ground and as a hunting tartan with a grey ground". It appeared first in Smiths work of 1850, 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'. Originally recorded in the Urquhart Register as MacPherson of Pitmain. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.95
- MacPherson Htg — ΔT 1.00
- Private SA Club — ΔT 1.03
- Bannockbane — ΔT 1.08
- North Berwick (Dance) — ΔT 1.11
- Hermitage Academy (Corporate) — ΔT 1.13
- Queen of Scots — ΔT 1.14
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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