Aberdeen District Tartan Tartan Number: 1801. Earliest known date: pre 1794 There is evidence to suggest that the sett was introduced and named by Wilsons of Bannockburn during the period 1746-82 when tartan was proscribed by law. Aberdeen is one of Scotlands oldest district tartans. The first documentary evidence is contained in a purchase order, addressed to Wilson's, from Scott and Anderson, dated 20th June 1794. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern WGKWBBWBBWBRRWRRBWKGKWBRRWRRBWBWRRWRRWRKWRRW.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 44 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1801
Thread count
LN/4 DO6 R46 LN4 K32 DO8 LN2 R12 DO6 LN2 DO6 R12 LN2 B20 LN4 P6 R16 DO6 LN4 DO6 R16 P6 LN4 K24 G8 K24 LN4 P6 R16 DO6 LN4 DO6 R16 P6 LN4 P12 B8 LN4 B8 P12 LN4 K32 G8 LN/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| DO | #D05054 #D05054 | R #C80000 | 0.10 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Aberdeen - 1819 (District) — ΔT 0.48
- Aberdeen — ΔT 0.66
- Aberdeen — ΔT 1.32
- Ritch — ΔT 1.33
- Ritch (Fashion) — ΔT 1.44
- Ogilvy of Airlie — ΔT 1.64
- Wilson's No.017 — ΔT 1.68
- Ogilvy of Airlie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 234. Earliest known date: 1830 Ogilvy of Airlie is the most usual form of the Ogilvy or Ogilvie tartan. The enormous complexity of the pattern makes it impossible to say whether accuracy of design has been maintained over the years, however, this count has been derived from an actual sample in the Paton collection housed at the Scottish Tartans Museum. The sett differs from the 'Drummond or Ogilvie' in detail but the overall design is the same. One full sett (repeat) of the pattern takes up the width of the loom. . See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.69
- Ritch Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1698. Earliest known date: 1847 An 'Old Superfine Tartan Sett'. Speculation that this sett was designed for weaving in silk seems unlikely. (STS archive) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.73
- Ritch — ΔT 1.74
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/s44/w4g8k32w4b12ba8w4ba8b12w4b6r16ra6w4ra6r16b6w4k24g8k24w4b6r16ra6w4ra6r16b6w4ba20w2r12ra6w2ra6r12w2ra8k32w4r46ra6w4-b780078-ba5c8ca8-g289c18-k101010-rc80000-rad05054-we0e0e0/