Fraser of Altyre
Bands: BRGRBRBRBRBRBR · Stripes: DB R G R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R G R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1262
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1830 — Fraser of Altyre (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1830 — Fraser of Altyre (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1262
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 528
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 528
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/4 R4 G80 R4 DB4 R4 DB8 R8 DB80 R4 DB4 R90 DB4 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| G | #00643C #00643C | G #006100 | 0.05 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Fraser of Altyre — ΔT 0.68
- MacQuarrie 1815 — ΔT 0.87
- MacQuarrie #3 — ΔT 0.89
- MacQuarrie 1815 — ΔT 1.07
- Unidentified Coat — ΔT 1.16
- Drummond #2 — ΔT 1.19
- Stewart/Stuart of Atholl — ΔT 1.22
- Culloden Unidentified — ΔT 1.24
- Drumbeg — ΔT 1.26
- Stewart of Appin — ΔT 1.32
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/s14/r4db2r45db2r2db40r4db4r2db2r2g40r2db2~x2/