Fraser (1745)
Bands: RBRGRW · Stripes: R DB R G R W R DB R G R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1247
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1745 — Fraser (1745) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1829 Cromarty Ms — Fraser - 1842 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1247
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1424
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1424
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/4 DB24 R4 G24 R48 W/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Buccleuch — ΔT 0.71
- Plummer (Personal) — ΔT 0.72
- MacPhail — ΔT 0.84
- Fraser — ΔT 0.90
- Ruthven — ΔT 0.92
- Unidentified 20 — ΔT 0.97
- Buccleuch — ΔT 1.00
- Carrick (Strathmore) District Tartan Tartan Number: 3216. Earliest known date: c.1999 Sales help Princess Diana Memorial Trust See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.02
- MacQuarrie #6 — ΔT 1.04
- MacPhail — ΔT 1.05
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.
ID: /setts/s6/r2db12r2g12r24w1~x2/