Royal Highland
Bands: BRBKBKGW · Stripes: DT R DT K DT K DG LB DT R DT K DT K DG LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3601
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3601
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2054
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2054
Thread count
DB/6 DR6 DB34 K6 DB6 K20 DG34 N/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Royal Highland Society (Corporate) — ΔT 0.32
- Heritage (Corporate) — ΔT 1.07
- Holland & Sherry (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
- Wood (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- Skene — ΔT 1.23
- McEwan '1856', The — ΔT 1.23
- Murray #3 — ΔT 1.24
- McWilliams Dress (2014) — ΔT 1.24
- Scottish Women's Rural Institutes, The — ΔT 1.25
- Haughfoot (Commemorative) — ΔT 1.27
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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