Bains of Caithness
Bands: BGBBRYRBW · Stripes: DB G DB B R LY R B W DB G DB B R LY R B W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=167
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/06/1993 — Bains of Caithness (register-of-tartans, record)
- Jun 1993 — Bains - Caithness (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 167
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6158
Thread count
DB/6 G12 DB4 B22 DR6 Y8 DR6 B56 W/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- World Peace (Fashion) — ΔT 0.61
- Fife (Mann) — ΔT 1.03
- Scotia — ΔT 1.14
- Lambert Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- Yes Scotland (Fashion) — ΔT 1.23
- Yukon — ΔT 1.27
- Los Angeles — ΔT 1.28
- State Seal of Louisiana (Fashion) — ΔT 1.31
- Bhoyrub (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
- World Peace — ΔT 1.39
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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