Kerr Shepherd's Plaid (Clan)
In pattern RWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKW.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 20 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/3936/
Thread count
LN/8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 K8 LN8 R/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Haig Check — ΔT 1.09
- Kerr Shepherd's Plaid — ΔT 1.32
- Halliday — ΔT 1.60
- Tulchan Estate Check (Corporate) — ΔT 1.62
- Buccleuch Check (9 squares) — ΔT 1.68
- Buccleuch Check Regimental Tartan Tartan Number: 647. Earliest known date: 1908 Designed by the Colonel of the 4th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers in 1908 and used for the pipers' plaids. Originally woven by Ballantynes of Walkerburn. Earl Haig's family adopted it since he was also a Colonel of the battalion.This - according to J Cant - is the correct version of the Buccleuch check with nine black squares between the blue. The black and white squares measure 5/16 inch and the blue 3/8 inch (about 2 threads more?). Sample in STA Dalgety Collection has 8 black squares between the blue lines and label saying woven by Ballantynes of Walkerburn. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.98
- Buccleuch, Check — ΔT 2.03
- Haig Check (Estate Check) — ΔT 2.08
- Glen Feshie Check — ΔT 2.30
- Strathspey (Estate Check) — ΔT 2.35
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/s20/r8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8k8w8-k101010-rc80000-we0e0e0/