Stuart/Stewart Ancient
Bands: BGKGBRKRKRGKBKG · Stripes: DB DG K DG DB R K R K R DG K DB K DG DB DG K DG DB R K R K R DG K DB K DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3993
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3993
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 159
Thread count
B/17 G4 K4 G4 B17 R6 K12 R4 K12 R6 G17 K4 B2 K4 G/17

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 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Stewart Ancient (Fashion) — ΔT 0.44
- Stewart of Achnacone Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 160. Earliest known date: c.1815 'As made for Achnacone by P.J. Haggart, Aberfeldy...' See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.69
- MacDonald #2 — ΔT 0.75
- Earl of Dumfries (Personal) — ΔT 0.76
- Murray of Atholl #3 — ΔT 0.82
- MacLachlan Hunting — ΔT 0.91
- Murray #2 — ΔT 0.93
- New South Wales Scottish Rifles — ΔT 0.93
- MacDonald MINI Design Tartan Tartan Number: 4199. Earliest known date: Dupion Silk. Display Purposes Only. Reduced Copy of 419 MacDonald. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.97
- Cheape of Torosay #2 (Personal) — ΔT 1.00
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.
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