Balfour #2
Bands: BYGYGR · Stripes: DB LY DY LY DY R DB LY DY LY DY R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=174
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1984 — Balfour #2 (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Balfour Hunting Family Tartan Tartan Number: 684. Earliest known date: 1984 Nothing 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: 174
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 684
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 684
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/36 Y4 T12 Y4 T38 R/6

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 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Balfour (Clan) — ΔT 0.00
- Swedish Para Whisky Club (Corporate — ΔT 0.84
- Fraser Green — ΔT 0.86
- Daks, Blue Loden — ΔT 0.87
- Daks (Blue Loden) — ΔT 0.95
- MacArthur-Fox Blue (Personal) — ΔT 1.02
- Cameron Hunting Brown Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1745. Earliest known date: 1916 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.08
- Bronte House Check — ΔT 1.09
- Balfour blue & brown — ΔT 1.10
- Donnolly — ΔT 1.10
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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