Leith
Bands: BKBBBBBGBBBKR · Stripes: B K B DB B DB B DG B DB B K R B K B DB B DB B DG B DB B K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2090
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1995 — Leith (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1996 — Leith (District) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Leith District Tartan Tartan Number: 2333. Earliest known date: 1995 Designed by Kinloch Anderson & John Bain of Peter MacArthur for the Tall Ships event in 1995. The design is based on the Robertson tartan in honour of Henry Robb - Leith shipbuilders. The red line marks Leith's strong links with the Claret Trade. The tartan was later formally adopted as the Leith District tartan. Worn by staff at the Royal Yacht Britannia and is sometimes misnamed as that attraction's tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2090
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2333
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2333
Thread count
B/10 K4 B34 DB6 B6 DB44 B6 DG44 B6 DB6 B54 K4 DR/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1870A4 #1870A4 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- St. Andrew's Soc. of Philadelphia (C — ΔT 1.03
- Los Angeles Police Bagpipe Band — ΔT 1.05
- Kilkenny Irish County Tartan Tartan Number: 2280. Earliest known date: 1995 One of a series of Irish District tartans designed by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar, with colours reminiscent of the Country with soft warm colours dominating. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.18
- Peter of Lee (Chief) (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
- Pride of Lorient (Fashion) — ΔT 1.27
- Angove, the Black Swan — ΔT 1.33
- Frogaletto (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
- Coopers & Lybrand — ΔT 1.39
- Midnight Sunrise — ΔT 1.40
- American Society of Travel Agents, The — ΔT 1.40
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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