Prince Albert
Bands: BRBKYKWKGRKRW · Stripes: DB R DB K LY K W K DG R K R W DB R DB K LY K W K DG R K R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3384
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3384
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 480
Thread count
B/46 R12 B12 K20 Y6 K4 LN4 K4 G22 R24 K4 R20 LN/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Prince Albert — ΔT 0.59
- MacPherson #7 — ΔT 0.64
- Devon 2000 — ΔT 0.65
- Dalrymple of Castleton Portrait Tartan Tartan Number: 1780. Earliest known date: 1720 Reconstructed and woven by Don Rankin from illustration. Sample in STS collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.75
- Stuart/Stewart #2 — ΔT 0.77
- Norwich No.158 — ΔT 0.82
- Unidentified No 158 Silk Fragment — ΔT 0.83
- Wilson's No.227 — ΔT 0.88
- MacPherson #6 — ΔT 0.88
- MacLean — ΔT 0.95
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/db23r6db6k10ly3k2w2k2dg11r12k2r10w2~x2/