Mercer, Charles
Bands: BBBYBBRB · Stripes: DB B DB LY B DB R B DB B DB LY B DB R B
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2933
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2001 — Mercer, Charles (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2001 — Mercer, Charles (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2933
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5880
Thread count
B/16 R4 DB8 B28 Y4 DB8 B8 DB/36
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Mercer Blue Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 5880. Earliest known date: 2001 Designed by Dr P{hil Smith of TECA for Charles Mercer of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Can be worn by all of the name. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.25
- Van Loo Tartan Tartan Number: 6717. Earliest known date: pre 2005 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.46
- Ewell Castle School — ΔT 1.57
- Pacific — ΔT 1.60
- Daks, Muted blue — ΔT 1.62
- MacKerrell — ΔT 1.64
- Thorburn (Lochcarron) — ΔT 1.65
- Westwood MacSky (Fashion) — ΔT 1.66
- Van Loo (Personal) — ΔT 1.66
- Joker Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 6769. Earliest known date: 2005 I have a photo of a fabric swatch that I am trying to match as close as possible. I have been commissioned to make a life size mannequin of Jack Nicholson as the Joker and he wore plaid/tartan pants. I could send you some photos through email and possibly you could help me. Thanks, Andy Garringer USA, January 2008. (96 threads @ 40 epi heavyweight = 2.5 inch repeat) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.67
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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