Earl Blue Marl
Bands: BKBKRK · Stripes: DB K DP K M K DB K DP K M K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1063
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/05/2005 — Earl Blue Marl (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2005 May — Earl Blue Marl (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1063
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6867
Thread count
DB/160 K56 P18 K6 LP10 K/24

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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #9C68A4 #9C68A4 | R #CC0000 | 0.21 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Deighan (Burham Kent) (Name) — ΔT 1.19
- Potts (Personal) — ΔT 1.29
- Royal British Legion Scotland (Corp) — ΔT 1.39
- Potts (Personal) — ΔT 1.40
- Round Table (1997) — ΔT 1.43
- S.C.O.T.S. — ΔT 1.45
- Scotland's Own (Fashion) — ΔT 1.46
- Home or Hume (Vestiarium Scoticum) — ΔT 1.50
- Ardee (Corporate) — ΔT 1.56
- Largan (?) — ΔT 1.56
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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