Anderson (STS)
Bands: RBRBRBBWKYKYKRBRGRBRBRGR · Stripes: R T R DB R T DB W K LY K LY K R DB R DG R DB R DB R DG R R T R DB R T DB W K LY K LY K R DB R DG R DB R DB R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 24 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=80
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 80
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1392
Thread count
R/6 B8 R2 Ba2 R2 B28 Ba8 LN6 K4 Y2 K4 Y2 K8 R2 Ba8 R4 G12 R2 Ba2 R4 Ba2 R2 G12 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| Ba | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Anderson (Highland Society of London) — ΔT 0.32
- Anderson 3 — ΔT 0.51
- Anderson Variant Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1350. Earliest known date: pre 2003 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.65
- Anderson (W L Anderson, Stirling) — ΔT 0.81
- Anderson 8 — ΔT 0.85
- Anderson (Coulson Bonner #2) — ΔT 0.89
- Anderson (Paton) — ΔT 0.93
- Anderson (MacGregor-Hastie #4) — ΔT 1.01
- Anderson 6 — ΔT 1.08
- 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 1.10
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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