Kirtle
Bands: RBRBRRBRBRR · Stripes: R DB R DB R R DB R N R R R DB R DB R R DB R N R R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2007
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1984 — Kirtle (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1984 — Kirtle (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2007
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5369
Thread count
DR/4 DB6 DRa4 DB12 DR20 DRa4 DB4 DRa4 N4 DRa20 DR/84
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #A80000 #A80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.08 |
| DRa | #800028 #800028 | R #CC0000 | 0.17 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Tyrone, County — ΔT 1.54
- Tyrone — ΔT 1.56
- Galway, County — ΔT 1.58
- Fitzgibbon Red — ΔT 1.70
- Fitzgibbon Red (Name) — ΔT 1.83
- Moulin — ΔT 1.91
- MacColl — ΔT 1.97
- Chisholm D — ΔT 2.02
- Morgan (Welsh Name) — ΔT 2.03
- Princess Mary (Royal) — ΔT 2.04
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/s11/r42r10n2r2db2r2r10db6r2db3r2~x2/