Sultan of Qaboo's Air Force
Bands: BBBBBY · Stripes: DB T DB T DB LY DB T DB T DB LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4037
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1996 — Sultan of Qaboo's Air Force (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1996 — Sultan of Qaboo's Air Force (Milit.) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4037
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5165
Thread count
DB/48 B12 DB20 B12 DB64 Y/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 #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Brooks Brothers Tattersall Blue — ΔT 1.55
- Elliott — ΔT 1.63
- Dollar Academy (1930s) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.66
- Gulfmark (Corporate) — ΔT 1.81
- Dollar Academy — ΔT 1.83
- Coinean Dubh — ΔT 1.88
- Steffen, Markus (Personal) — ΔT 1.92
- Ochterlonie — ΔT 1.97
- Crombie House Check — ΔT 1.98
- Steffen, Morris (Personal) — ΔT 1.98
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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