Alba
Bands: BBGRGKBW · Stripes: DP DT G M G K DT W DP DT G M G K DT W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=37
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 26/02/2001 — Alba (register-of-tartans, record)
- February 2001 — Alba (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 37
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3825
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2812
Thread count
P/48 DBa4 G6 LP4 G6 K22 DBa58 W/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBa | #2C2C4C #2C2C4C | B #2A418A | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #9C68A4 #9C68A4 | R #CC0000 | 0.21 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- United Arrows House Check — ΔT 0.83
- United Arrows House Check — ΔT 0.94
- First — ΔT 1.02
- Creiff Highland Gathering — ΔT 1.04
- First (Corporate) — ΔT 1.08
- Wardlaw — ΔT 1.08
- Caisteal Leòdhais — ΔT 1.25
- Charleston Police Department — ΔT 1.26
- KPMG (Corporate) — ΔT 1.27
- Purves (2014) — ΔT 1.28
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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