Modowny
In pattern RBKBKBKBY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2973
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Modowny (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Modowny (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DR/8 N48 K8 N8 K16 N8 K8 N48 DY/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #C80000 | 0.13 |
| DY | #C89800 #C89800 | Y #E8C000 | 0.12 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #646464 #646464 | B #2C4084 | 0.16 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Mowdowny (Fashion) — ΔT 1.15
- Anzac (Fashion) — ΔT 1.39
- Muylle, Jelle (Personal) — ΔT 1.45
- Black Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2761. Earliest known date: pre 1945 In 1990, taken to a TECA stand at one of the US Highland Games by a Timothy Wood, who explained that his faher had 'found' it in a shop in northern England during World War II. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.50
- Black (symmetrical) — ΔT 1.50
- Black 1990 (Name) — ΔT 1.51
- Benson (New England) — ΔT 1.52
- Callaway Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2313. Earliest known date: pre 1997 Designed by Arthur Bell (Scotch Tweeds) for a golf course and golf merchandising company in California. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.52
- London Fog Black 2 (fashion) — ΔT 1.55
- Justus Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2100. Earliest known date: 1990 Submitted as the Justus family sett but awaits the approval of the proposed Justus Family Society of North America. Sample supplied in 9 tpi. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.55
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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