American Express

Bands: BBRBGW · Stripes: DB B R DB G LB DB B R DB G LB

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=68

Attestations

This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

DB/8 B36 DR4 DB20 G20 N/8 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
B#3474FC #3474FCB #2A418A0.22
DB#000064 #000064B #2A418A0.18
DR#8C0000 #8C0000R #CC00000.14
G#007800 #007800G #0061000.07
N#C8C8C8 #C8C8C8W #F7F7F70.14

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. RSCDS Australia? (Corporate) — ΔT 1.05
  2. American Express Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2354. Earliest known date: April 1997 American Express began operating in Glasgow in 1903 and in 1920 acquired WA Williamson Ltd of Glasgow. This tartan (commissioned by VP Donald Daly) was designed for the 1997 American Association of Travel Agents conference in Glasgow and based on the MacWilliam tartan. For more details see archives. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.11
  3. American Express — ΔT 1.22
  4. Strathclyde — ΔT 1.27
  5. Bryson (1988) (Name) — ΔT 1.29
  6. Hummelt, Katherine (Personal) — ΔT 1.30
  7. F.I.A.T.A. Congress of 1990 — ΔT 1.34
  8. Icelandair — ΔT 1.38
  9. (1) Skene — ΔT 1.40
  10. Bryson (1988) — ΔT 1.41

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.

RSCDS Australia? (Corporate)American Express Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2354. Earliest known date: April 1997 American Express began operating in Glasgow in 1903 and in 1920 acquired WA Williamson Ltd of Glasgow. This tartan (commissioned by VP Donald Daly) was designed for the 1997 American Association of Travel Agents conference in Glasgow and based on the MacWilliam tartan. For more details see archives. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015American ExpressStrathclydeBryson (1988) (Name)Hummelt, Katherine (Personal)F.I.A.T.A. Congress of 1990Icelandair(1) SkeneBryson (1988)

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