Tenmaya Check
Bands: WRBRBRRW · Stripes: LB R DT R DT R O LB LB R DT R DT R O LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4087
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Tenmaya Check (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1996 — Tenmaya Check (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4087
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2346
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2346
Thread count
N/4 DO20 DB8 DO4 DB4 DO4 Na48 N/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| DO | #D05054 #D05054 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| Na | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Tenmaya Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2346. Earliest known date: 1996 May 1996 for Tenmaya Department Store Ltd in Okayama, Japan. Sample in STA Johnston Collection. Designed for British promotion October/November 1996 which demonstrated weaving and woven by Archie Snmall from Selkirk who was sent to Fukuoka to demonstrate weaving. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.71
- Dama Classic (Fashion) — ΔT 1.20
- Qatar Airways — ΔT 1.25
- Clyde Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1296. Earliest known date: pre 1992 See Strathclyde District See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.34
- Clyde — ΔT 1.42
- Hebridean Granite Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 6821. Earliest known date: 2005 For a new House of Edgar collection. Intended to emulate the gray morning suit perhaps. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.49
- Gammell (Personal) — ΔT 1.53
- Dundhuin Gold — ΔT 1.53
- Lochnagar Plaid (District) — ΔT 1.54
- Titanium (Fashion) — ΔT 1.55
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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