RAF Leuchars
Bands: YBKBBKGRGY · Stripes: LY B K B DB K Y R Y LR LY B K B DB K Y R Y LR
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3438
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1989 — RAF Leuchars (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1989 — RAF Leuchars (Military) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3438
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5443
Thread count
N/8 LG44 R8 LG44 K8 Ba24 B52 K8 B12 Y/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5064A0 #5064A0 | B #2A418A | 0.12 |
| Ba | #38409C #38409C | B #2A418A | 0.04 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| N | #B0B0B0 #B0B0B0 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.18 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Saltcoats (Saskatchewan) (District?) — ΔT 1.11
- McCulloch (Personal) — ΔT 1.15
- Saltcoats (Saskatchewan) — ΔT 1.21
- Manx National — ΔT 1.23
- Manx National District Tartan Tartan Number: 185. Earliest known date: pre 2003 These are the specifications supplied by the designer. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.24
- McLion — ΔT 1.24
- Manx National — ΔT 1.25
- Patterson, William J.M. (Personal) — ΔT 1.28
- Coats (New Zealand) — ΔT 1.30
- Kentucky, State of — ΔT 1.31
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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