Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity
Bands: BYBYBYBRWR · Stripes: DT LY DT LY DT LY DT R W R DT LY DT LY DT LY DT R W R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=63
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2005 — Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2005 — Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity (Corp) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6688. Earliest known date: 2005 The Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity is a Professional Chemistry Fraternity, founded in 1902, which promotes the advancement of chemistry both as a science and as a profession. The Fraternity is a not-for-profit corporation of the United States of America. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 63
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6688
Thread count
DB/70 Y2 DB6 Y2 DB6 Y2 DB40 R12 LN2 R/10

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Inverness, Duke of York — ΔT 1.04
- Highland Storm (Fashion) — ΔT 1.38
- United States Trade sett Tartan Tartan Number: 2126. Earliest known date: 1989 This design is different in warp and weft. The display gives the general appearance only. Produced to celebrate American tourism is Scotland. The colours are taken from the flags of the two nations and the Atlantic Ocean that separates them. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.44
- World Youth Congress (Corporate) — ΔT 1.50
- Seletar Shipping (Corporate) — ΔT 1.56
- Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre — ΔT 1.56
- United States (Corporate) — ΔT 1.60
- Angotta (Name) — ΔT 1.61
- Marine Harvest (Scotland) — ΔT 1.61
- Pride of the Clyde — ΔT 1.63
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.
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