Forbes
In pattern BKBKBKGKWKGKBKB.
This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 15 stripe tartan.
Original link http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tartans/pg.pl?source=rb
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1166
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1758
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2307
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2540
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2666
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2862
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3808
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 982
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1010
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1042
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 127
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1585
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 737
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 897
Thread count
DB/8 K1 DB2 K1 DB2 K6 G8 K1 N2 K1 G8 K6 DB8 K1 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 |
| N | #D0D0D0 #D0D0D0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes — ΔT 0.41
- Forbes — ΔT 0.41
- Urquhart L — ΔT 0.59
- Gordon — ΔT 0.65
- 92nd Regiment (Gordon) (Mil.) — ΔT 0.68
- Dewar, Highlander — ΔT 0.76
- Gordon — ΔT 0.79
- Murray — ΔT 0.83
- Murray of Atholl — ΔT 0.90
- Murray — ΔT 1.00
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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/s15/db8k1db2k1db2k6dg8k1lb2k1dg8k6db8k1db2/