Black Watch (Coarse Kilt)

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Bands: RKBKGKR · Stripes: R K DB K G K R R K DB K G K R

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=279

Attestations

This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

R/8 K8 DB48 K48 G48 K4 R/6 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
DB#202060 #202060B #2A418A0.11
G#006818 #006818G #0061000.02
K#101010 #101010K #0000000.17
R#C80000 #C80000R #CC00000.01

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Reid and Taylor — ΔT 0.60
  2. National Galleries of Scotland — ΔT 0.64
  3. Gunn — ΔT 0.68
  4. Dundas #2 — ΔT 0.76
  5. Unnamed 19th Century Plaid — ΔT 0.80
  6. Renfrew — ΔT 0.80
  7. Baird (Old) Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 273. Earliest known date: c.1906 This tartan is first recorded in Johnston's work of 1906, and the sample from the Highland Society of London probably dates from the same period. In both these early references the triple stripes are rendered in red. Today, however, they are generally woven in purple. The name originates from 'bard' meaning poet. The Bairds owned estates in Aberdeenshire which were later purchased by the Gordons. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.82
  8. Bedford High School — ΔT 0.84
  9. Ferguson of Balquhidder #2 — ΔT 0.88
  10. Mowat (Clans Originaux) — ΔT 0.92

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.

Reid and TaylorNational Galleries of ScotlandGunnDundas #2Unnamed 19th Century PlaidRenfrewBaird (Old) Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 273. Earliest known date: c.1906 This tartan is first recorded in Johnston's work of 1906, and the sample from the Highland Society of London probably dates from the same period. In both these early references the triple stripes are rendered in red. Today, however, they are generally woven in purple. The name originates from 'bard' meaning poet. The Bairds owned estates in Aberdeenshire which were later purchased by the Gordons. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Bedford High SchoolFerguson of Balquhidder #2Mowat (Clans Originaux)

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