Purves (2014)
In pattern BWGKBRBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11173
Thread count
R/2 DB2 R2 DB32 K6 DG24 W2 T/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #141E46 #141E46 | B #2C4084 | 0.15 |
| DG | #003C14 #003C14 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #FA4B00 #FA4B00 | R #C80000 | 0.14 |
| T | #4C3428 #4C3428 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F4F4F0 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Purves (2014) — ΔT 0.58
- Real Mary King's Close, The — ΔT 0.90
- Boyle (Personal) — ΔT 1.01
- Six Frigates (US) — ΔT 1.02
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- Dugan (Personal) — ΔT 1.09
- Kilkenny, County (District) — ΔT 1.12
- Leung (Personal) — ΔT 1.13
- Sidey Family Tartan (Name) — ΔT 1.17
- Scottish Spirit Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 10970. Earliest known date: 2013 ACS Clothing. Designed by Lochcarron. Wanted 'Highland Spirit' but that was taken by Ian McLure of T J Matthews. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.19
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/s8/b8w2g24k6ba32r2ba2r2-b4c3428-ba141e46-g003c14-k101010-rfa4b00-wffffff/