Alexander - 1985 (Name)
In pattern RBRBKGRGR.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 9 stripes 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)
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 #2C4084 | 0.21 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Alexander Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1405. Earliest known date: 1984 The weaving and wearing of this tartan is 'Restricted'. This is not a legal definition and is applied by the Scottish Tartans Society irrespective of Design Patent or Copyright, in the spirit of a gentlemans agreement. Interested parties should contact the person listed under 'Source:' in this document. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.32
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.80
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.80
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.80
- Alexander — ΔT 0.85
- Nicolson MacNicol — ΔT 0.86
- Morrison — ΔT 0.87
- Cameron of Locheil #2 — ΔT 0.89
- Cameron of Locheil #3 — ΔT 0.92
- Scoepaig fragment Artifact Tartan Tartan Number: 1056. Earliest known date: 1813 - 1843 From a fragment made in Scoepaig, North Uist. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.96
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.
ID: /setts/s9/r24b4r8b8k30g8r8g4r24-b2888c4-g006818-k101010-rc80000/