Bedford Check
Bands: BKRB · Stripes: T K O T T K O T
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 4 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=240
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2003 — Bedford Check (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2003 — Bedford Check (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Bedford Check Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 6007. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Count from woven sample. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 240
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6007
Thread count
B/4 K8 Na12 B/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Na | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Falconer — ΔT 1.32
- Wilson's, No 209 — ΔT 1.32
- Coleman, Sarah-Louise (Personal) — ΔT 1.41
- Shepherd, Derek (Wandering) — ΔT 1.54
- Austin (Wilson's No 173) — ΔT 1.65
- Agnew — ΔT 1.66
- Gold Country (District) — ΔT 1.68
- Agnew — ΔT 1.70
- Pride of the Glen — ΔT 1.74
- Kucher, Gregory (Personal) — ΔT 1.78
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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