Royal and Ancient, The
Bands: BGBGBG · Stripes: DB DY DB DY DB G DB DY DB DY DB G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3584
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1993 — Royal and Ancient, The (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1993 — Royal & Ancient (Sports) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3584
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2193
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2193
Thread count
DB/12 T4 DB4 T6 DB32 G/98

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 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Royal and Ancient, The — ΔT 0.90
- St Andrews Old Course Hotel Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2332. Earliest known date: 1994 St Andrews Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort, and SPA See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.97
- Tyrconnell (Personal) — ΔT 1.20
- Fife, Duke Of — ΔT 1.34
- Semper — ΔT 1.48
- Semper — ΔT 1.52
- Glen Trool (Fashion) — ΔT 1.60
- Celtic (New) Corporate Sport Tartan Tartan Number: 2232. Earliest known date: 1842 Should have a white line (?). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.65
- Greenlaw, American (Name) — ΔT 1.69
- Wilson — ΔT 1.70
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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