Gordon
Bands: BKBKBKGYGKBKB · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K DG LY DG K DB K DB DB K DB K DB K DG LY DG K DB K DB
This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tartans/pg.pl?source=rb
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: 2540
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2625
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2666
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3555
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3808
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1429
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1010
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1429
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1585
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 864
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/12 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K12 G12 Y2 G12 K12 DB11 K2 DB/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00004C #00004C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #004C00 #004C00 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #FFC800 #FFC800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gordon — ΔT 0.40
- Murray — ΔT 0.42
- 92nd Regiment (Gordon) (Mil.) — ΔT 0.48
- Urquhart L — ΔT 0.56
- Forbes — ΔT 0.65
- Murray — ΔT 0.69
- Forbes — ΔT 0.74
- Forbes — ΔT 0.74
- Urquhart L — ΔT 0.79
- Lamont — ΔT 0.87
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/s13/db12k2db2k2db2k12dg12ly2dg12k12db11k2db2/