Southdown
Bands: KRKWKWKGRGKWKWKR · Stripes: K R K W K W K DY R DY K W K W K R K R K W K W K DY R DY K W K W K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3845
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3845
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1194
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1194
Thread count
K/6 R2 K6 W10 K10 W6 K10 T46 R6 T46 K10 W6 K10 W10 K6 R/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cates Dress (Clan) — ΔT 1.16
- Vaughan (Welsh Series) — ΔT 1.19
- Wcwm 1399 — ΔT 1.19
- Southdown (Fashion) — ΔT 1.21
- MacMillan Ancient — ΔT 1.28
- Cates Dress — ΔT 1.30
- Drummond of Megginch - 1969 Carpet — ΔT 1.32
- Stewart of Appin — ΔT 1.35
- Abergavenny — ΔT 1.36
- Liberty Square — ΔT 1.36
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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