Gow
Bands: GRBRBRGR · Stripes: DG R DB R DB R DG R DG R DB R DB R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1472
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1472
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5916
Thread count
G/48 R12 DB48 R48 DB48 R12 G48 R/48
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 #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Gb | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gow (Portrait) — ΔT 0.89
- Fiddes — ΔT 0.93
- Fiddes #2 — ΔT 0.97
- Tulsa, City of — ΔT 1.22
- Glasgow District Tartan Tartan Number: 534. Earliest known date: pre 1992 Originally from the Sindex cards and now woven by House of Edgar in their Old and Rare collection. Need to check if it actually appears in the Old and Rare book. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.33
- McCaslin — ΔT 1.34
- Wilson's No.223 — ΔT 1.34
- Flora MacDonald — ΔT 1.35
- Wilson's No.137 — ΔT 1.40
- Gleneagles Group — ΔT 1.40
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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