Forbes
Bands: BKBKBKGKYKGKBKB · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K DG K LR K DG K DB K DB DB K DB K DB K DG K LR K DG K DB K DB
This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 15 band tartan.
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Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2540
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2625
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3555
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1429
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1429
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 864
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/8 K1 DB2 K1 DB2 K6 DG8 K1 N2 K1 DG8 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 | #000052 #000052 | B #2A418A | 0.20 |
| DG | #11450D #11450D | G #006100 | 0.09 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #AAAAAA #AAAAAA | Y #F2BF00 | 0.19 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes — ΔT 0.00
- Forbes — ΔT 0.41
- Urquhart L — ΔT 0.62
- Gordon — ΔT 0.65
- Urquhart L — ΔT 0.69
- Gordon — ΔT 0.74
- Murray — ΔT 0.76
- Murray — ΔT 0.79
- 92nd Regiment (Gordon) (Mil.) — ΔT 0.89
- Dewar, Highlander — ΔT 0.91
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 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/db8k1db2k1db2k6dg8k1lr2k1dg8k6db8k1db2/