Dow - Aerlift
In pattern BGBGKGKGKRKYKGKGKGBGBW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 22 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10704
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 06/09/2012 — Dow - Aerlift (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Dow - Aerlift Name Tartan Tartan Number: 10704. Earliest known date: 24 September 2012 This tartan, a 6.3" sett, is based on the Davidson tartan (#891) with complementary strips of red and gold for Buchanan. The surname Dow can be a Sept of either Davidson or Buchanan. 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: 10704
Thread count
N/28 K4 N4 K28 Ka4 K28 Ka4 K4 Ka18 R4 Ka16 Y4 Ka18 K4 Ka4 K28 Ka4 K28 N4 K4 N28 W/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #23321B #23321B | G #006100 | 0.16 |
| Ka | #1C1714 #1C1714 | K #000000 | 0.21 |
| N | #433A5A #433A5A | B #2A418A | 0.09 |
| R | #CA2625 #CA2625 | R #CC0000 | 0.02 |
| W | #F9F5EF #F9F5EF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E0A126 #E0A126 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.08 |
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Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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