Balmoral (Lavender) (Royal)
In pattern RRKRRRRRKRRRR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=184
Thread count
N/8 R4 N32 LP8 K8 N4 LP4 N4 LP16 N8 K4 N4 R/4

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 | #9C68A4 #9C68A4 | R #C80000 | 0.21 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #C80000 | 0.24 |
| P | #6C0070 #6C0070 | B #2C4084 | 0.15 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- 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 — ΔT 0.89
- Qatar Airways — ΔT 1.24
- McBeams Boy — ΔT 1.41
- Shieldhall (Fashion) — ΔT 1.43
- Frater — ΔT 1.43
- Frater (Name) — ΔT 1.52
- Aberlour Bicentenary (Commemorative) — ΔT 1.54
- Hebridean Granite — ΔT 1.58
- Miyuki #3 — ΔT 1.61
- Tenmaya Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2346. Earliest known date: 1996 May 1996 for Tenmaya Department Store Ltd in Okayama, Japan. Sample in STA Johnston Collection. Designed for British promotion October/November 1996 which demonstrated weaving and woven by Archie Snmall from Selkirk who was sent to Fukuoka to demonstrate weaving. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.62
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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