Killen (Name)
In pattern GKGBKRBRKBKGKGKGKGKGKBKWKG.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 26 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/6575/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 2004 — Killen (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Killen Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 6575. Earliest known date: 2004 Designed by Paul Killen for his wedding in July 2004 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
G/10 K2 G16 DB16 K2 DR4 DB2 DR4 K2 DB16 K16 G2 K2 G2 K2 G16 K2 G2 K2 G2 K16 DB16 K2 LN4 K2 G/16
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2C4084 | 0.07 |
| DR | #800000 #800000 | R #C80000 | 0.16 |
| G | #006C40 #006C40 | G #006400 | 0.06 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacEwen (Clans Originaux) — ΔT 0.83
- Campbell of Argyll Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1961. Earliest known date: 1810-15 This sett appears in the Cockburn Collection, (1815). Logan (1831). Vestiarium Scoticum (1842). Smibert (1850). Smith (1850). Grant (1886). The Setts No: 19 (1950). W & A K Johnston (1906). Like many of the earliest clan setts, the Campbell of Argyll, owes its origin to the post rebellion output of Wilson's of Bannockburn, whose monopoly on military supply dictated design. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.92
- Scottish American Military (Fashion) — ΔT 1.06
- Gemmell Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 4125. Earliest known date: 2001 Designed for Thomas Gemmell of Gemmell Tartans, Dumfries. Based on the 42nd sett with the proportions of the Military Medal (MM) overlaid on the single tram-line blue square. The MM was won in World War II by Thomas Gemmell's father Charles Nelson Gemmell (1919-1987) who fought in North Africa, Sicily and mainland Italy. He was a sergeant in the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion. Sample in STA Collection. Can be worn by anyone of the name on applicatioin to Thomas Gemmell. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.07
- Duchess of Albany — ΔT 1.08
- Allen (1998) — ΔT 1.11
- Stewart of Appin Hunting — ΔT 1.16
- Gordon #4 — ΔT 1.16
- Wilson's No.030 — ΔT 1.17
- Summers Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2179. Earliest known date: 19th C A fragment of this tartan was found in an old bible belonging to the Summers family which may have arrived in the US when the family emigrated in the early 18th C. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.17
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/s26/g16k2w4k2b16k16g2k2g2k2g16k2g2k2g2k16b16k2r4b2r4k2b16g16k2g10-b003c64-g006c40-k101010-r800000-we0e0e0/