British Caledonian Airways #1
Bands: BRKRKWKRBKBW · Stripes: DT O K O K LB K O DT K DT LB DT O K O K LB K O DT K DT LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5278
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1985 — British Caledonian Airways #1 (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1985 — British Caledonian Airways #1 (Corp) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5278
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3259
Thread count
DB/68 T5 K9 T3 K3 Na3 K3 N20 DB9 K3 DB5 Na/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| Na | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| T | #98481C #98481C | R #CC0000 | 0.11 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Riyadh Caledonian (Corporate) — ΔT 0.66
- Brough from Orkney (Name) — ΔT 0.83
- Pagus Wasia — ΔT 0.93
- Polkemmet (Corporate) — ΔT 1.04
- Leando Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.06
- Strachan — ΔT 1.06
- Strachan (Name) — ΔT 1.14
- Nocken Blue Modern Tartan (Personal) — ΔT 1.16
- Canmore Highland Games — ΔT 1.16
- Joss (Clan) — ΔT 1.18
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/s12/dt68o5k9o3k3lb3k3o20dt9k3dt5lb4/