Balfour
Bands: BYGYGR · Stripes: DB LY DY LY Y R DB LY DY LY Y R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=173
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 173
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 683
Thread count
B/60 Y6 T22 Y6 N66 R/12
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| N | #808080 #808080 | G #006100 | 0.23 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| T | #503C14 #503C14 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Balfour — ΔT 0.62
- Balfour Family Tartan Tartan Number: 683. Earliest known date: 1984 Presented by William Balfour. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.63
- Newmill — ΔT 1.01
- Allman-Jones (Personal) — ΔT 1.06
- Newmill Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2053. Earliest known date: March 1992 Designed to be used in the refurbishing of Johnstons of Elgin new mill shop and based on the colours of the mill shop house style. The lighter square is represented here as green from the 'Antique' colour range, a speciality of Johnstons of Elgin. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.07
- State Seal of Michigan (Fashion) — ΔT 1.07
- McHale (Personal) — ΔT 1.08
- Allman-Jones (Personal) — ΔT 1.10
- Canine All Dogs — ΔT 1.13
- Bailies of Bennachie (Corporate) — ΔT 1.18
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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