Rothesay, Dress (VS)
In pattern RWBWKWRKRW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3575
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1829 — Rothesay, Dress (VS) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1829 — Rothesay, Dress (VS) (Royal) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
LN/2 R4 K2 R8 LN4 K12 LN4 DB8 LN56 R/4

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 #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Grotto Dove (Dance) — ΔT 0.72
- Stuart/Stewart variant #2 — ΔT 1.00
- Glen Moy — ΔT 1.11
- Stewart, variant — ΔT 1.14
- Anthony Plaid Ecru — ΔT 1.17
- Glen Moy Tartan Tartan Number: 1293. Earliest known date: pre 1986 A colour variation of the Royal Stewart woven by Edgars, Pitlochry around 1986, named after the place in Angus described as follows: Its mainly Sheep farming in Glen Moy. Off the beaten track, its a very quiet area of the Angus glens close to Cortachy castle and great for walking if you like it to yourself! See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.22
- Stewart Dress, Purple (Dance) — ΔT 1.23
- Shaw of Tordarroch, Mrs (Personal) — ΔT 1.26
- Grotto Dove — ΔT 1.31
- Spirit of Dunkeld — ΔT 1.32
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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