Bacon, Blue
Bands: BKRW · Stripes: DB K R W DB K R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 4 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5221
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- undated — Bacon, Blue (register-of-tartans, record)
- Unknown — Bacon, Blue (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5221
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3626
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/28 K6 DR6 LN/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Oxford University (Corporate) — ΔT 1.00
- Scottish Nuclear (Corporate) — ΔT 1.19
- Mirror (Corporate) — ΔT 1.35
- Jon's Theme (Fashion) — ΔT 1.43
- Scottish Nuclear — ΔT 1.52
- Massachusetts (Unofficial) — ΔT 1.55
- Stradling (Name) — ΔT 1.55
- Jon's Theme — ΔT 1.56
- St. Georges, Edgbaston — ΔT 1.57
- McNiff, Kevin (Personal) — ΔT 1.66
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/s4/db14k3r3w1~x2/