Alexander of Menstry
Bands: GRGRKYBW · Stripes: G M G M K LR DB W G M G M K LR DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=47
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/12/2002 — Alexander of Menstry (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2002 — Alexander of Menstry (Personal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 47
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6713
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2741
Thread count
G/10 LP4 G4 LP18 K18 N18 DB60 W/10

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 |
| LP | #9C68A4 #9C68A4 | R #CC0000 | 0.21 |
| N | #A0A0A0 #A0A0A0 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| Na | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Unidentified (Woven sample) — ΔT 0.57
- Fulbright Foundation — ΔT 0.67
- GYL (Personal) — ΔT 0.79
- Ohio District Tartan Tartan Number: 651. Earliest known date: 1984 Design is based on the colours of Ohio's flag and state seal. The widths of the stripes in each colour are based on the date Ohio was admitted to the Union. The tartan first went on display at the Ohio Scottish Games in June 1983. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.84
- Ogilvie of Inverquharity or Ohio — ΔT 0.84
- GYL family (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Moran (Virgin Islands) (Personal) — ΔT 0.90
- Queen Margaret University — ΔT 0.93
- Moran (Coilessan) (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
- Yule (Name) — ΔT 0.97
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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