McEwan '1856', The
In pattern BGBKGKR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2880
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1995 — McEwan '1856', The (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1997 — McEwan '1856', The (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DB/4 T6 DB32 K36 G36 K4 R/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C8002C #C8002C | R #C80000 | 0.03 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
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- Scotch House 2000 Original — ΔT 0.76
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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.
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