Essex County (Ontario)
Bands: WRBGGGKRKY · Stripes: LB R T DG DG G K R K LY LB R T DG DG G K R K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1131
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1983 — Essex County (Ontario) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1983 — Essex County Ontario (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1131
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1840
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1840
Thread count
DY/60 K2 DR8 K2 Ga6 G10 DG8 B12 DR4 N/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #788CB4 #788CB4 | B #2A418A | 0.25 |
| DG | #003000 #003000 | G #006100 | 0.17 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| DY | #C89800 #C89800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #005800 #005800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| Ga | #007C00 #007C00 | G #006100 | 0.09 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Essex, County Ontario — ΔT 0.99
- Saskatchewan (District) — ΔT 1.44
- Saskatchewan District Tartan Tartan Number: 1817. Earliest known date: 1959 The colours chosen are the same as those for the flag. Red for the Blood of Christ, blue for the Heavenly Father, yellow for Fire of the Holy Spirit when tongues of fire symbolized his presence at Penticost. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.50
- Saskatchewan — ΔT 1.60
- Bear — ΔT 1.73
- Bear (Corporate) — ΔT 1.73
- Saskatchewan — ΔT 1.82
- Nor'Westers — ΔT 1.92
- Sri Lanka — ΔT 1.94
- Schreier. Christopher (Personal) — ΔT 1.99
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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