Heirloom Red Alba
Bands: RYRBGBBBWBBBGBRY · Stripes: R LY R DB Y DB T DB W DB T DB Y DB R LY R LY R DB Y DB T DB W DB T DB Y DB R LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1680
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1680
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6407
Thread count
DR/8 Y4 DR68 DB20 G8 DB8 B8 DB46 LN6 DB46 B8 DB8 G8 DB20 DR68 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DR | #A00000 #A00000 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| G | #5C6428 #5C6428 | G #006100 | 0.10 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wishart Dress — ΔT 1.04
- Guild, The — ΔT 1.11
- Hueg Scottish Blue Thistle (Personal — ΔT 1.18
- Heirloom Red Alba (Fashion) — ΔT 1.20
- Hyland Evening (Personal) — ΔT 1.23
- Catalan Dance — ΔT 1.28
- Hueg (Bavaria) Scottish Blue Thistle (Personal) — ΔT 1.29
- Blais — ΔT 1.30
- Sydney Academy — ΔT 1.30
- Blais (Personal) — 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.
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