Forbes #3
Bands: BKBKBKGKW · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K DG K W DB K DB K DB K DG K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1216
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1216
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 300
Thread count
B/16 K4 B4 K4 B4 K16 G14 K2 LN/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Brabender — ΔT 0.51
- Renfrew — ΔT 0.67
- Swallow Hotels (Corporate) — ΔT 0.70
- Lamont — ΔT 0.75
- Argyll Campbell — ΔT 0.79
- Reid and Taylor — ΔT 0.79
- Alexander Hunting (Name) — ΔT 0.82
- Granger/Grainger (Personal) — ΔT 0.83
- Forbes #5 — ΔT 0.84
- Forbes #4 — ΔT 0.85
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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