Rankin #2
Bands: BGRGWGRKBRBRBRBRBW · Stripes: DB G R G W G R K DB R DB R DB R DB R DB W DB G R G W G R K DB R DB R DB R DB R DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3460
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1932 — Rankin #2 (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1932 — Rankin (1932) (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3460
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 187
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 187
Thread count
DB/72 G20 R4 G20 W4 G20 R4 K20 DB28 R4 DB24 R4 DB24 R6 DB4 R4 DB8 W/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 #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Rankin — ΔT 0.95
- Glasgow, University of Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2680. Earliest known date: 2002 The official livery and promotional university tartan (STS). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.04
- Riyadh Caledonian (Corporate) — ΔT 1.12
- Strachan — ΔT 1.18
- Hannay Blue — ΔT 1.23
- Carstairs — ΔT 1.25
- Brough from Orkney (Name) — ΔT 1.26
- Hydesville Tower — ΔT 1.28
- Solway Spirit — ΔT 1.29
- Cockburn Blue — ΔT 1.32
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.
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