Kirkcaldy
Bands: BWKRBY · Stripes: T W K R DB LY T W K R DB LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10072
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 27/10/2008 — Kirkcaldy (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2009 — Kirkcaldy (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 10072
Thread count
B/46 LN6 K20 R4 DB90 Y/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kirkcaldy Name Tartan Tartan Number: 9072. Earliest known date: 2008 Blue and white for the Scottish flag, the red and yellow is from William Kirkcaldy's shield (it is also my son's army colours). It is for general use. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.03
- Lloyd of Astargus — ΔT 1.18
- Alan Stone Family (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- Gorman Family (Canada) (Personal) — ΔT 1.34
- Raith Rovers F.C. — ΔT 1.41
- Gamblin Thompson (Personal) — ΔT 1.46
- MacCormick Festive — ΔT 1.47
- Glasgow Clyde College — ΔT 1.49
- Bousie (Personal) — ΔT 1.51
- Grahame Laurie Band (Corporate) — ΔT 1.54
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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