Queen Alexandra
Its design is pattern GRGRYRYRYR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Named for Queen Alexandra, with colours drawn from the Provincial Coat of Arms; unregistered with Lord Lyon.
The Queen Alexandra tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Alexandra | DG/4 R2 DG2 R16 LR2 R3 LR2 R3 LR8 R/3 | 83 | 1979 | |
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| · ×2 — Queen Alexandra | 0.00 | DG/8 R4 DG4 R32 LR4 R6 LR4 R6 LR16 R/6 | 166 | 1979 |
| · ×4 — (Fashion) | 0.00 | DG/16 R8 DG8 R64 LR8 R12 LR8 R12 LR32 R/12 | 332 | ~1979 |
| 2 Variants: Queen Alexandra · (Fashion) | ||||
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.