Alexander - 1985 (Name)
Bands: RBRBKGRGR · Stripes: R T R T K G R G R R T R T K G R G R
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/1405/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- pre 1985 — Alexander - 1985 (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
- 01/01/2002 — Alexander (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 44
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1405
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1405
Thread count
R/24 B4 R8 B8 K30 G8 R8 G4 R/24

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 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.80
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.80
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.80
- Nicolson MacNicol — ΔT 0.86
- Alexander — ΔT 0.86
- Morrison — ΔT 0.87
- Cameron of Locheil #2 — ΔT 0.90
- Cameron of Locheil #3 — ΔT 0.92
- Cameron of Locheil — ΔT 0.96
- MacQuarrie Ancient — ΔT 0.96
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/r12g2r4g4k15t4r4t2r12~x2/