Forde
Bands: GKYKRKRKYG · Stripes: G K LY K R K R K LY G G K LY K R K R K LY G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1228
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1228
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 829
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 829
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
G/8 K4 Y4 K6 R4 K4 R4 K6 Y4 G/60
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forde Irish Family Tartan Tartan Number: 829. Earliest known date: c1890 This pattern was recorded by Bill Johnston, Shippak, USA in 1978 along with other patterns extracted from the 'Clan Originaux' at Pendleton Mill. This and other Irish patterns appear to have originated in the former Waterford Mill in Ireland before they arrived at Pendleton in the late 19thC See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.32
- University of Alberta (Corporate) — ΔT 0.76
- Forde — ΔT 1.05
- Walterstrm (2014)) — ΔT 1.18
- Palmer, Arnold — ΔT 1.25
- Seattle (District) — ΔT 1.25
- Walterström (2014) — ΔT 1.26
- Island Weavers (Corporate) — ΔT 1.33
- Bundanoon (District) — ΔT 1.36
- Dryfe — ΔT 1.37
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/s10/g30ly2k3r2k2r2k3ly2k2g4~x2/