Tweedside Red
In pattern KRKRWRWRK.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes 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)
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 #C80000 | 0.00 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F4F4F0 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Tweedside District Tartan Tartan Number: 1175. Earliest known date: 1840 One of the several patterns Wilson named after towns and districts. The Society has in its collection a silk specimen of a similar date in which the red next to the black is replaced by white. The hunting version of this tartan has recently been revived. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.17
- Tweedside — ΔT 1.02
- Woodberry Forest School (Corporate) — ΔT 1.20
- Einigkeit — ΔT 1.24
- Johnston Orange/Black (Corporate) — ΔT 1.31
- Hanna of Falkirk (Clan?) — ΔT 1.32
- Cunard o' the Clyde — ΔT 1.34
- Cunard O' The Clyde Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 11296. Earliest known date: 2015 The Cunard on the Clyde tartan has been created to celebrate the historical link between the Cunard and the Clyde as part of the Cunard's 175th anniversary celebrations. It was presented to Cunard by Peel Ports on May 21st 2015. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.35
- Atlas Textile (Corporate) — ΔT 1.44
- Cunningham #2 — ΔT 1.48
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.
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