Ball Hunting
Bands: RWWKGY · Stripes: R W LB K G LO R W LB K G LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=176
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2004 — Ball Hunting (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2004 — Ball Htg (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 176
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6355
Thread count
O/52 B32 K20 LB12 W8 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #009468 #009468 | G #006100 | 0.17 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
| O | #DC943C #DC943C | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
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- Carmen Lau (Hong Kong) (Personal) — ΔT 0.91
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- Carmen Lau (Hong Kong) (Personal) — ΔT 1.07
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- MacLean, dress — ΔT 1.23
- Samye — ΔT 1.26
- MacLachlan, dress — ΔT 1.26
- Ontario, Northern — ΔT 1.31
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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