Prince Albert #3
Bands: RBRKYKWKGRKRW · Stripes: R DB R K LY K W K G R K R W R DB R K LY K W K G 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=3386
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1847 — Prince Albert #3 (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1847 — Prince Albert (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3386
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6847
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/12 DB36 R8 K28 Y8 K8 W8 K8 G24 R20 K8 R8 W/8

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 #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Prince Albert #2 — ΔT 0.14
- Prince Albert — ΔT 0.55
- Buchanan, Incorrect — ΔT 0.91
- Unnamed C19th (Silk Sash) — ΔT 0.96
- Victoria — ΔT 0.97
- Buchanan Incorrect — ΔT 0.98
- Dykes, of Perthshire — ΔT 1.01
- Bhutan — ΔT 1.03
- Victoria (Patons) — ΔT 1.05
- Kinloch Anderson, dress — ΔT 1.06
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/r3db9r2k7ly2k2w2k2g6r5k2r2w2~x4/