Anderson of Ardbrake
Bands: BGKBRBKWKYKYKRBBGRK · Stripes: T G K T R DB K W K LY K LY K R T DB G R K T G K T R DB K W K LY K LY K R T DB G R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 19 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=85
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/05/2006 — Anderson of Ardbrake (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2006 May — Anderson of Ardbrake (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Anderson of Ardbrake Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 7024. Earliest known date: 2006 May Designed by David A R Waterton-Anderson, Chairman of the Anderson Association in answer to requests from some members for an Anderson tartan with with a red, rather than a light blue bakcground. His notes on the design are as follows: "The Anderson family of Ardbrake in Banffshire is amongst the principal families of the name. Evidence from many sources over five centuries show a high intermarriage and association with the powerful clan Gordon plus many other families in the north-east of Scotland, many of whom have tartans in strong red hues. The majority of tartans ascribed to the name Anderson embody a clear motif of a broad white and two yellow (tramline) stripes set on black and this new design follows this traditional feature." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 85
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7024
Thread count
B/4 G8 K6 B2 R44 DB4 K6 LN8 K6 Y4 K4 Y4 K8 R4 B6 DB10 G18 R4 K/26

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 | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Anderson 5 — ΔT 0.98
- Bethune Name Tartan Tartan Number: 2428. Earliest known date: pre 1997 Designed by Phil Smith - same as Macbeth but with the addition of a light blue stripe in the middle of the darker blue ground. Count said to be from William MacIntosh & Co. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.01
- Unnamed C18th - Hynde Cotton Jacket — ΔT 1.06
- Anderson 1 — ΔT 1.07
- Anderson 6 — ΔT 1.11
- Anderson 2 — ΔT 1.14
- Norwich No.001 — ΔT 1.15
- Anderson — ΔT 1.16
- Anderson — ΔT 1.16
- Anderson (MacGregor-Hastie #4) — ΔT 1.17
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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