Ritch Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1698. Earliest known date: 1847 An 'Old Superfine Tartan Sett'. Speculation that this sett was designed for weaving in silk seems unlikely. (STS archive) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern RWRWRWBWBWBWBWGGWGGYRWRYGWGYGWBWBWGYGWGWRWRWBBWYWGWYWBBWRWBWRW.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 62 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1698
Thread count
LN/2 R28 LN4 B12 LN4 R40 LN4 P20 B4 LN4 Y8 LN4 Ga8 LN4 Y8 LN4 B4 P20 LN4 R28 LN4 R28 LN4 G6 LN4 G4 Y4 G4 LN4 B8 LN4 B8 LN4 G4 Y4 G4 LN4 G6 N4 R28 LN4 R28 N4 G20 Ga8 LN4 Ga8 G20 LN4 B12 LN4 P20 LN4 P20 LN4 B12 LN4 R40 LN4 R6 LN4 R/12
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #E8C000 | 0.17 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ritch — ΔT 0.07
- Ritch — ΔT 1.00
- Ritch (Fashion) — ΔT 1.07
- Hunter (1775) — ΔT 1.31
- Hunter Portrait/Artefact Tartan Tartan Number: 5873. Earliest known date: 1775 Presented to the Tartans Authority in Canada in 2003 by a Jean Hunter from Huntsville Ontario who had been given it by her Father the Rev. George W. Hunter - a minister in Aberdeen. The piece is a shawl 6ft 6inches long by 19inches wide and is what is known as a hard, superfine tartan using typical Wilson of Bannockburn colours. The sett is selvedge to selvedge full repeat and the weave is 52epi. The sett is complex with 8 colours and 67 colour changes. Embroidered into the end of the shawl is "Donnald 1775" See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.45
- Ogilvie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2132. Earliest known date: 1831 The most complex of all tartans. The sett given by James Logan has 91 colour changes. The tartan must be woven double width to see the full sett unless woven in silk. Ogilvie became connected with the Drummonds of Strathallan in 1812 by a marriage between the two families. Since then the Drummond sett has also been known as Ogilvie. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.69
- Aberdeen District Tartan Tartan Number: 1801. Earliest known date: pre 1794 There is evidence to suggest that the sett was introduced and named by Wilsons of Bannockburn during the period 1746-82 when tartan was proscribed by law. Aberdeen is one of Scotlands oldest district tartans. The first documentary evidence is contained in a purchase order, addressed to Wilson's, from Scott and Anderson, dated 20th June 1794. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.73
- Aberdeen - 1819 (District) — ΔT 1.75
- Ogilvie - 1831 (Clan) — ΔT 1.81
- Waggrall — ΔT 1.88
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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.
ID: /setts/s62/r12w4r6w4r40w4b12w4ba20w4ba20w4b12w4g20ga8w4ga8g20y4r28w4r28y4g6w4g4ya4g4w4b8w4b8w4g4ya4g4w4g6w4r28w4r28w4ba20b4w4ya8w4ga8w4ya8w4b4ba20w4r40w4b12w4r28w2-b5c8ca8-ba780078-g006818-ga289c18-rc80000-we0e0-h141033d84548c44a/