U.S. Special Forces
Bands: BKWRKBGBKWKBY · Stripes: B K W R K B DG B K W K B LY B K W R K B DG B K W K B LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4191
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/03/2005 — U.S. Special Forces (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2005 March — U.S. Special Forces (Military) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4191
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6519
Thread count
B/6 K6 W2 DR6 K16 B4 DG72 B4 K16 W2 K6 B6 Y/4

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 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Johnston, Diana Dress (Personal) — ΔT 0.59
- Eastern Shore Police Emerald Society — ΔT 0.72
- Pringle — ΔT 0.81
- Australian Federal Police — ΔT 0.83
- Earthrise — ΔT 1.02
- Alexander-Johnstone (Personal) — ΔT 1.08
- Highland Gathering (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.09
- Johnston, Diana Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.09
- Misty Isle (Fashion) — ΔT 1.13
- 1314 (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
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/s13/b3k3w1r3k8b2dg36b2k8w1k3b3ly2~x2/