West Virginia
In pattern YGBGBRWKRGRBGY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5649
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 27/05/2008 — West Virginia (register-of-tartans, record)
- May 2008 — West Virginia (US State) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — West Virginia State American District Tartan Tartan Number: 7631. Earliest known date: May 2008 Adapted from 4252 - West Virginia Shawl by Dr Phil Smith and John A Grant III. Adopted by the West Virginia senate (HCR #29) on March 6th 2008. Part of the resolution reads: "Whereas, In order to complement our mountain state the color red is to represent the cardinal (State bird); yellow for the fall colors; dark blue for the mountain rivers and lakes; black for the black bear, coal and oil; green for the rhododendron and mountain meadows; azure for the sky above; and white to have all the colors of this great nation intertwined with the State of West Virginia; therefore, be it Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the adaption, as described above, of the West Virgina Shawl be designated the Official Tartan of the State of West Virginia." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
DY/8 G8 DB16 G16 B12 R54 LN2 K6 R54 G16 R16 DB16 G8 DY/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #E8C000 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C8002C #C8002C | R #C80000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Muzzi, Massimiliano Baron of Striche — ΔT 1.08
- Wilson's No 4 — ΔT 1.18
- Muzzi, Massimiliano, baron of Strichen Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
- Cork County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 1.40
- Wilson's No.002 — ΔT 1.47
- Canfield (Personal) — ΔT 1.52
- Canfield (Personal) — ΔT 1.52
- Wren (Name) — ΔT 1.52
- Unidentified Bedspread — ΔT 1.53
- MacQueen of Dalmagarry (Clan?) — ΔT 1.55
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/s14/y8g8b16g16ba12r54w2k6r54g16r16b16g8y8-b2c2c80-ba5c8ca8-g006818-k101010-rc8002c-we0e0e0-ybc8c00/