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.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1231
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4891
Thread count
DR/4 T20 K16 G20 DY4 G/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| T | #4C3428 #4C3428 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Tennant (Clan) — ΔT 0.95
- 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
- Casely — ΔT 1.20
- Scottish Parliament (unofficial) — ΔT 1.25
- Unidentified Pinafore — ΔT 1.29
- Birse — ΔT 1.31
- Styrian (Fashion) — ΔT 1.39
- 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
- Wilson's No.122 — ΔT 1.40
- 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.
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