Forres

Bands: GYGKBR · Stripes: G LO G K DO R G LO G K DO R

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

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1231

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

DR/4 T20 K16 G20 DY4 G/8 Sett

Palette

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

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
DR#880000 #880000R #CC00000.15
DY#D09800 #D09800Y #F2BF000.12
G#006818 #006818G #0061000.02
K#101010 #101010K #0000000.17
T#4C3428 #4C3428B #2A418A0.17

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Tennant (Clan) — ΔT 0.95
  2. Tennant Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1653. Earliest known date: 1930 MacGregor-Hastie made few notes about his sample collection. In December 1967, Captain Tennant wrote to the Scottish Tartans Society, saying, ".. and I have no objection to other Tennants wearing it (Tennant tartan) but their problem will be to get hold of it ... I don't know of any other Tennant tartan and that is why I think my father designed this one." The head of the Tennant family is Lord Glenconner, descended from John Tennant of Blairston, Ayr. (1635). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.16
  3. Casely — ΔT 1.20
  4. Scottish Parliament (unofficial) — ΔT 1.25
  5. Unidentified Pinafore — ΔT 1.29
  6. Birse — ΔT 1.31
  7. Styrian (Fashion) — ΔT 1.39
  8. Parliament Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 2477. Earliest known date: 1998 Created to celebrate the referendum result for the re-establishment of a Scottish Parliament as well as to provide a Parliamentary livery tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.40
  9. Wilson's No.122 — ΔT 1.40
  10. Scottish Airports — ΔT 1.44

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.

Tennant (Clan)Tennant Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1653. Earliest known date: 1930 MacGregor-Hastie made few notes about his sample collection. In December 1967, Captain Tennant wrote to the Scottish Tartans Society, saying, ".. and I have no objection to other Tennants wearing it (Tennant tartan) but their problem will be to get hold of it ... I don't know of any other Tennant tartan and that is why I think my father designed this one." The head of the Tennant family is Lord Glenconner, descended from John Tennant of Blairston, Ayr. (1635). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015CaselyScottish Parliament (unofficial)Unidentified PinaforeBirseStyrian (Fashion)Parliament Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 2477. Earliest known date: 1998 Created to celebrate the referendum result for the re-establishment of a Scottish Parliament as well as to provide a Parliamentary livery tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Wilson's No.122Scottish Airports

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