Blue Rust
Bands: BBWBBRBR · Stripes: DB N W N DB R DB O DB N W N DB R DB O
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5392
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5392
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3709
Thread count
DB/84 N8 W4 N8 DB4 DR8 DB4 LT/24

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000088 #000088 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| LT | #886024 #886024 | R #CC0000 | 0.17 |
| N | #606060 #606060 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Blue Rust (Corporate) — ΔT 0.43
- Fife Flyers — ΔT 1.00
- Chestico — ΔT 1.08
- MacLaurin of Broich (Clan) — ΔT 1.18
- Prince George's Police Pipe Band — ΔT 1.23
- Chestico — ΔT 1.25
- Warren Wilson College (Corporate) — ΔT 1.25
- Binder Wedding (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- British Caledonian Airways #3 — ΔT 1.28
- Nocken (Personal) — ΔT 1.32
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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