Ancient Atlantic
Bands: WBGKBY · Stripes: W DB DY K DB LY W DB DY K 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=5228
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1964 — Ancient Atlantic (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1968 — Atlantic, Ancient (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5228
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3530
Thread count
W/4 DBa24 T20 K4 DBa24 Ya/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
| Ya | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Woodcock (2014) — ΔT 0.90
- H.M.S. DUNCAN — ΔT 1.03
- Grainger (Name) — ΔT 1.04
- Baptist Union of Scotland — ΔT 1.08
- HMS Duncan (Military) — ΔT 1.14
- Woodcock (2014) — ΔT 1.24
- Massachusetts — ΔT 1.29
- MacHardy, Blue — ΔT 1.41
- Nevada State American District Tartan Tartan Number: 3091. Earliest known date: 2001 Blue and Silver represent the state colours of Nevada. Red represents the Virgin Valley black fire opal, the official state precious gemstone, and the red rock formations of southern Nevada; Yellow represents sagebrush, the official state flower; White represents the name of this state meaning snow-covered; Other synbolic reference are made in the US Senate Bill No. 347. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.41
- Dalmeny #2 — ΔT 1.43
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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