Robertson #3
Bands: RGRBRGRBRGRGR · Stripes: R DG R DB R DG R DB R DG R DG R R DG R DB R DG R DB R DG R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3524
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3524
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1391
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/4 G4 R36 B4 R4 G36 R4 B36 R4 G4 R36 G4 R/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 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Robertson 1 — ΔT 0.28
- Robertson Curtain — ΔT 0.28
- Robertson, Curtain — ΔT 0.53
- Robertson 1819 — ΔT 0.54
- Robertson 3 — ΔT 0.59
- Bruce Old — ΔT 0.69
- Unidentified Early 18th Centuary — ΔT 0.76
- Robertson — ΔT 0.79
- Robertson #5 — ΔT 0.81
- Unidentified, Early 18th C — ΔT 0.84
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/r1dg1r9db1r1dg9r1db9r1dg1r9dg1r1~x4/