Spice Apple
Bands: GYRGYGR · Stripes: G LO R G LO G R G LO R G LO G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3861
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1972 — Spice Apple (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1972 — Spice Apple (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3861
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5314
Thread count
G/16 DY4 R88 G48 DY16 G16 R/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Robertson 6 — ΔT 0.93
- Unidentified Cant #09 — ΔT 0.97
- Livingstone #2 — ΔT 1.00
- Caledonian — ΔT 1.02
- Caledonian - 1819 (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.15
- MacDonald of Glenaladale (symmetrical) — ΔT 1.16
- Wilson's, No 5 — ΔT 1.17
- MacKintosh 3 — ΔT 1.20
- MacAulay — ΔT 1.20
- Cameron Clan D — ΔT 1.21
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.
ID: /setts/s7/g4lo1r22g12lo4g4r4~x4/