Johnston (Clan)

In pattern KBKBGKGY.

This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 8 stripes tartan.

Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/1063/

Thread count

K/4 B4 K4 B48 G60 K2 G4 Y/6 Sett

Palette

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

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
B#1870A4 #1870A4B #2C40840.14
G#007800 #007800G #0064000.06
K#000000 #000000K #0000000.00
Y#E8C000 #E8C000Y #E8C0000.00

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Johnston / Johnstone — ΔT 0.66
  2. Oliphant — ΔT 1.06
  3. MacAuliffe (Name) — ΔT 1.15
  4. New Mexico — ΔT 1.17
  5. Johnston Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1063. Earliest known date: 1842 A powerful Border Clan who pursued a deadly feud with the Maxwells. Their stronghold was Lochwood Tower, near Beattock, which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593. The tartan was first published in the Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842. Before that time Border tartans were generally un-named. More likely the tartan came from the Aberdeenshire Johnstons, whose family seat is at Caskieben, Blackburn. (Ref: The Setts.. No. 82. D.C.Stewart.) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.19
  6. Johnston/Johnstone — ΔT 1.25
  7. Unidentified (Pahls) — ΔT 1.29
  8. MacOrrell — ΔT 1.31
  9. Maine State — ΔT 1.35
  10. Johnstone / Johnston — ΔT 1.36

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.

Johnston / JohnstoneOliphantMacAuliffe (Name)New MexicoJohnston Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1063. Earliest known date: 1842 A powerful Border Clan who pursued a deadly feud with the Maxwells. Their stronghold was Lochwood Tower, near Beattock, which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593. The tartan was first published in the Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842. Before that time Border tartans were generally un-named. More likely the tartan came from the Aberdeenshire Johnstons, whose family seat is at Caskieben, Blackburn. (Ref: The Setts.. No. 82. D.C.Stewart.) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Johnston/JohnstoneUnidentified (Pahls)MacOrrellMaine StateJohnstone / Johnston

ID: /setts/s8/y6g4k2g60b48k4b4k4-b1870a4-g007800-k000000-ye8c000/

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