Montrose of Alabama
Bands: KBRBKBGY · Stripes: K DT R DT K DT G LY K DT R DT K DT G LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3000
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/10/1996 — Montrose of Alabama (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1996 — Montrose of Alabama (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3000
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2288
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2288
Thread count
K/24 DB24 R8 DB24 K24 DB22 G24 Y/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKay Coat — ΔT 1.28
- Unidentified No 39 — ΔT 1.28
- Wilson's No.173 — ΔT 1.29
- Montrose of Alabama American District Tartan Tartan Number: 2288. Earliest known date: 1996 House of Edgar. One of the smallest of 13 Montroses in the US. The Navy Blue should be very much darker. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.32
- Graham of Montrose #3 — ΔT 1.37
- Wilson's No.137 — ΔT 1.40
- Graham of Montrose - 1850 (Clan) — ΔT 1.41
- Unidentified No 30 — ΔT 1.45
- Price-Powell (Personal) — ΔT 1.48
- Forbo Nairn Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2298. Earliest known date: pre 2002 Designed for Forbo Nairn Ltd - a Swiss based company with two factories in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Tartan is based on the Nairn (#1331) because of an association with Michael Nairn, builder of the first 'floor cloth' (linoleum) factory in Scotland in 1843.STS said Approved by Sir Robert Spencer Nairn. Blue and red used in this graphic in place of dark blue and red so that sett could be seen. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.49
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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