Balmoral Royal Tartan Tartan Number: 1302. Earliest known date: 1860 The Balmoral tartan is not produced as an article of commerce. D.W.Stewart wrote in his book, 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' (1893), "Her Majesty the Queen has not only granted permission for its publication here, but has also graciously afforded information concerning its inception in the early years of the reign, when the sett was designed by the Prince Consort." The grey threads are flecked to give an impression of granite. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern RRKRWRWRKWRRR.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 13 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1302
Thread count
N/4 R2 N16 LP4 K4 N2 LP2 N2 LP8 N4 K2 N2 R/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #C49CD8 #C49CD8 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.24 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #C80000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Balmoral (Lavender) (Royal) — ΔT 0.89
- Balmoral — ΔT 1.02
- Balmoral (Royal) — ΔT 1.28
- Miyuki, House Check Grey, 1003A — ΔT 1.31
- Balmoral — ΔT 1.32
- Balmoral — ΔT 1.32
- Balmoral (Old and Rare) Royal Tartan Tartan Number: 1300. Earliest known date: 1893 The Balmoral tartan is not produced as an article of commerce. D.W.Stewart wrote in his book, 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' (1893), "Her Majesty the Queen has not only granted permission for its publication here, but has also graciously afforded information concerning its inception in the early years of the reign, when the sett was designed by the Prince Consort." The grey threads are flecked to give an impression of granite. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.32
- Scotch House (Corporate) — ΔT 1.43
- Qatar Airways — ΔT 1.44
- Balmoral (Green) (Royal) — ΔT 1.46
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.
ID: /setts/s13/r4ra2r16w4k4r2w2r2w8r4k2r2ra2-k101010-r888888-rac80000-wc49cd8/