Fountain of the Strong
Bands: RKGKRKRKGRR · Stripes: O K DG K R K R K DG O R O K DG K R K R K DG O R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1239
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1972 — Fountain of the Strong (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1972 — Fountain of the Strong (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1239
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4904
Thread count
DO/12 K6 G6 K12 DR4 K4 DR4 K12 G6 DO28 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO | #C06430 #C06430 | R #CC0000 | 0.12 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #184800 #184800 | G #006100 | 0.08 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #B82C28 #B82C28 | R #CC0000 | 0.04 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wcwm 1712 — ΔT 1.03
- Unidentified No 5 — ΔT 1.12
- Unnamed No 5 — ΔT 1.21
- Norwich No.005 — ΔT 1.22
- Highland Spring (1985) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.22
- MacPherson 7 — ΔT 1.24
- Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival — ΔT 1.28
- Cornish National — ΔT 1.30
- Montrose — ΔT 1.31
- Montrose — ΔT 1.31
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.
ID: /setts/s11/o6k3dg3k6r2k2r2k6dg3o14r2~x2/