Scottish Ambulance Service
In pattern BKGKGBGWGBGKGKBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3706
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Scottish Ambulance Service (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Scottish Ambulance Service Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 5360. Earliest known date: 1996 Designed in 1996 by Lochcaron and first woven 20th January 1997. Sample in STA Johnston Collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
B/32 K24 Ga4 K4 G64 Ba4 G4 N6 G4 Ba4 G64 K4 Ga4 K24 B32 DR/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| Ba | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2C4084 | 0.21 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #C80000 | 0.13 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006400 | 0.04 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.13 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Duncan of Sketraw — ΔT 1.09
- Scottish Ambulance Service (Corporat — ΔT 1.21
- Cockburn - 1830 (Clan) — ΔT 1.24
- Kumikyoku - Tone of Forest — ΔT 1.25
- MacKellar Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 939. Earliest known date: pre 2003 As worn by Kenneth? - D.C.S. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.27
- Zinnen of Scene (Luxembourg) (Personal) — ΔT 1.28
- Lyons Tartan Tartan Number: 6515. Earliest known date: 2002 Designed by Linda Clifford of Bethel, Maine for Christina Lyons in honour of her parents Golden Wedding Anniversary in February 2003. The tartan combines two shades of green for the Irish side of the family and red and white for the Croatian side (her mother). Woven by Strathmore Woollen Co., of Forfar, Scotland. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.30
- Wild Geese — ΔT 1.32
- Canadian Estate — ΔT 1.33
- Princess Diana — ΔT 1.35
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/s16/b32k24g4k4ga64ba4ga4w6ga4ba4ga64k4g4k24b32r6-b5c8ca8-ba2888c4-g289c18-ga285800-k000000-r8c0000-wc8c8c8/