Forbes
Bands: BKBKBKGKWKGKBKB · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K G K W K G K DB K DB DB K DB K DB K G K W K G K DB K DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1214
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1819 — Forbes (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1819 — Forbes - 1819 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1214
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 211
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 211
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/32 K4 DB8 K4 DB8 K24 G32 K4 W8 K4 G32 K24 DB32 K4 DB/8
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 #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Mulholland (Personal) — ΔT 0.42
- Westgate (Corporate) — ΔT 0.56
- Cheape of Torosay (Personal) — ΔT 0.61
- Rogers Family (Kilkeel) (Personal) — ΔT 0.64
- Poulter SG 100 (Fashion) — ΔT 0.66
- Swallow Hotels — ΔT 0.68
- Lumsden Green — ΔT 0.69
- Forbes — ΔT 0.71
- Gordon of Esselmont (Clan) — ΔT 0.86
- Lamont #3 — ΔT 0.89
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/db8k1db2k1db2k6g8k1w2k1g8k6db8k1db2~x4/