Tweedside Red
Bands: KRKRWRWRK · Stripes: K R K R W R W R K K R K R W R W R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4169
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1840 — Tweedside Red (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1840 — Tweedside Red (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4169
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1175
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1175
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
K/72 R8 K8 R20 W8 R8 W8 R8 K/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Tweedside — ΔT 1.03
- Woodberry Forest School (Corporate) — ΔT 1.21
- Johnston Orange/Black (Corporate) — ΔT 1.31
- Hanna of Falkirk (Clan?) — ΔT 1.32
- Cunard o' the Clyde — ΔT 1.35
- Cunningham #2 — ΔT 1.49
- Bon Accord — ΔT 1.49
- South Carolina, University of — ΔT 1.51
- Einigkeit — ΔT 1.55
- Dunbar Ancient — ΔT 1.56
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.
ID: /setts/s9/k18r2k2r5w2r2w2r2k2~x4/