Southdown Grey
Bands: BRRBBBBBRR · Stripes: DO O R DO N DO N DO O R DO O R DO N DO N DO O R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3846
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3846
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5316
Thread count
DR/12 Na88 T24 N16 T24 N24 T8 DR4 Na8 T/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Na | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| T | #4C3428 #4C3428 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Titanium (Fashion) — ΔT 1.19
- Knockando Woolmill — ΔT 1.20
- Brave for Men — ΔT 1.36
- Markson (Personal) — ΔT 1.37
- Hickory — ΔT 1.40
- Brave for Men (Fashion) — ΔT 1.47
- Willsher Wedding (Personal) — ΔT 1.51
- Browne (Personal) — ΔT 1.54
- Knockando Woolmill (Corporate) — ΔT 1.54
- Granite City (Silver Granite) Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 7459. Earliest known date: pre 2007 Produced for Mike King of Philip King Tailoring Ltd, Aberdeen. Previously recorded by the STA as 'Granite City'. Thought to have been produced for Mike King of Aberdeen. . It is believed that Lochcarron of Scotland have now (Jan 2008) trademarked the word ‘Granite’ when used in connection with tartans. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — 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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