Black 1990 (Name)
Bands: KRKWKY · Stripes: K R K W K LO K R K W K LO
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/7630/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- pre 1945 — Black 1990 (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
- 01/01/1990 — Black (asymmetric) (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5648
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7630
Thread count
DY/4 K34 LN12 K4 DR12 K/34

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 | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Black (symmetrical) — ΔT 0.33
- Benson (New England) — ΔT 0.79
- St. Eloi — ΔT 1.15
- Anzac (Fashion) — ΔT 1.15
- Punky Princess (Fashion) — ΔT 1.23
- New Zealand District Tartan Tartan Number: 3250. Earliest known date: 2000 Designed as a District sett by Timely Marketing Promotions, Christchurch, New Zealand See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.29
- Callaway (Corporate) — ΔT 1.29
- Cowe (Personal) — ΔT 1.30
- London Fog Black 2 (fashion) — ΔT 1.32
- Justus Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2100. Earliest known date: 1990 Submitted as the Justus family sett but awaits the approval of the proposed Justus Family Society of North America. Sample supplied in 9 tpi. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.46
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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