Forbes #6
In pattern RGKGKY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1219
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- Forbes #6
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1219
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1490
Thread count
R/2 G32 K16 G8 K8 Y/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Page — ΔT 0.97
- Wcwm 1255 — ΔT 1.00
- MacKinross — ΔT 1.08
- St Andrews Links — ΔT 1.14
- MacHardy (Clan) — ΔT 1.15
- MacArthur (Variant) — ΔT 1.18
- Duchess of Fife #2 — ΔT 1.18
- MacKintosh Hunting — ΔT 1.19
- Glenbarr — ΔT 1.23
- Shaw (Clan 1) — ΔT 1.24
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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