Fountain of the Strong
In pattern RKGKRKRKGRR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1239
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1972 — Fountain of the Strong (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1972 — Fountain of the Strong (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DO/12 K6 G6 K12 DR4 K4 DR4 K12 G6 DO28 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO | #C06430 #C06430 | R #C80000 | 0.13 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #C80000 | 0.14 |
| G | #184800 #184800 | G #006400 | 0.09 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #B82C28 #B82C28 | R #C80000 | 0.04 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wcwm 1712 — ΔT 1.03
- Unidentified No 5 — ΔT 1.12
- Prince Charles, Albany, Plaid — ΔT 1.17
- Unnamed No 5 — ΔT 1.21
- Unnamed No 5 Tartan Tartan Number: 1257. Earliest known date: 1870 This sett is taken from the records of Messrs Bolingbroke and Jones of Norwich, who were weavers around 1870. Some of the tartans have been adopted or modified in recent times as the copyright of the designs is now in the public domain. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.21
- Highland Spring (1985) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.22
- Norwich No.005 — ΔT 1.22
- MacPherson 7 — ΔT 1.24
- Sir George, Etienne-Cartier — ΔT 1.25
- Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival — ΔT 1.27
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/s11/r12k6g6k12ra4k4ra4k12g6r28rb4-g184800-k000000-rc06430-ra880000-rbb82c28/