Down, County
Bands: RBRBWYBBY · Stripes: O DR O DR LB LO N DR LO O DR O DR LB LO N DR LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=968
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Down, County (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1997 — Down, County District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 968
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2266
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2266
Thread count
O/26 DR4 N10 O4 LP4 DR8 DO22 DR18 T/128
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO | #B84C00 #B84C00 | R #CC0000 | 0.08 |
| DR | #4C0000 #4C0000 | B #2A418A | 0.25 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| O | #EC8048 #EC8048 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
| T | #6C2400 #6C2400 | R #CC0000 | 0.20 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wcwm 1286-9 — ΔT 1.20
- Connemara (District) — ΔT 1.44
- Drummond of Perth — ΔT 1.47
- Drummond of Perth — ΔT 1.47
- Arbroath Smokie — ΔT 1.49
- McPrato — ΔT 1.53
- Redpath, Robert A (Personal) — ΔT 1.56
- Glendronach Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2293. Earliest known date: 1989 A copyright design created for the Glendronach Company. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.59
- Ellis Island American District Tartan Tartan Number: 10364. Earliest known date: 06/02/10 The Ellis Island tartan has been designed by Matt Newsome, curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, NC, primarily for use by all Americans with ancestors who came to America through Ellis Island regardless of ethnic origin and to commemorate the 10th annual observance of National Tartan Day at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. It was commissioned by the Clan Currie Society who hold the copyright. Proceeds from the sale of the tartan will benefit the Save Ellis Island Foundation and the Clan Currie Society. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.64
- British Caledonian Airways #4 — ΔT 1.64
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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