Lorne District Tartan Tartan Number: 6. Earliest known date: 1871 Designed to commemorate the marriage of the Marquis John (later 9th Duke) to Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. Adopted by the 5th Royal Scots of Canada on assuming a Scottish identity for the whole regiment in 1880. The Marquis was Governor-General of Canada. In due course the regiment became The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern BKGKGKGKBKBKBKG.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 15 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=6
Thread count
DB/4 K2 G16 K2 G2 K2 G2 K16 DB2 K2 DB2 K2 DB16 K2 G/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
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