Mead of Poetry, The
In pattern BWBYBRBBBBBW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10667
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 19/08/2008 — Mead of Poetry, The (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Mead Of Poetry, The Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 10667. Earliest known date: 19/08/2008 In Norse mythology, the 'Poetic Mead' or 'Mead of Poetry' is a mythical beverage that enables the drinker to become omniscient. According to Wikipedia, the 'drink is a vivid metaphor for poetic inspiration, often associated with Odin the god of 'possession' via berserker rage or poetic inspiration'. Inspired by a blanket design. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
N/8 W12 B10 Y6 N4 R2 N4 DB50 N4 DB12 N4 W/12
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #0000CD #0000CD | B #2C4084 | 0.15 |
| DB | #131362 #131362 | B #2C4084 | 0.14 |
| N | #666666 #666666 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
| R | #FF0000 #FF0000 | R #C80000 | 0.11 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F4F4F0 | 0.03 |
| Y | #FFE600 #FFE600 | Y #E8C000 | 0.10 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Mead of Poetry (Fashion) — ΔT 0.65
- Baudoux et amis picards — ΔT 0.68
- Russian Arctic Convoy — ΔT 1.15
- Submariners — ΔT 1.15
- Wiegratz Alba (Personal) — ΔT 1.17
- Yukon District Tartan Tartan Number: 1907. Earliest known date: 1984 Lord Lyon records a symetrical version. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.22
- Timmins (2013) — ΔT 1.23
- Crookdake-Cheng (Personal) — ΔT 1.26
- Submariners (Unofficial) — ΔT 1.29
- Yukon (asymmetric) — ΔT 1.30
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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