Edinburgh Military Tattoo 50th
Bands: KBRGK · Stripes: K DB R DG K K DB R DG K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4960
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- undated — Edinburgh Military Tattoo 50th (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Edinburgh Military Tattoo 50th Military Tartan Tartan Number: 3614. Earliest known date: 1998 Based on a Wilsons of Bannockburn sett, designed by Peter MacDonald in 1998 for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2000. The colours depict the three military forces - Navy, Army & Air Force with the black from Edinburgh's heraldic arms. Launched on June 16th 1999 in time for the final Tattoo of the 20th century. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4960
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3614
Thread count
K/4 DB32 R24 DG32 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000048 #000048 | B #2A418A | 0.22 |
| DG | #004028 #004028 | G #006100 | 0.13 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
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- Baillie (Highland Society) — ΔT 1.18
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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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