Ancient Caledonian Society
Bands: RGYKGWBW · Stripes: R G LY K Y W DB W R G LY K Y W DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=476
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Ancient Caledonian Society (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Caledonian Soc., Ancient (Artefact) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 476
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1554
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1554
Thread count
R/80 G32 Y4 K16 LG8 W2 DB10 W/4

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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Caledonian Society, Ancient — ΔT 0.44
- King (Austria) (Personal) — ΔT 1.04
- Tartan Army Whisky — ΔT 1.12
- MacGill — ΔT 1.25
- Followers' Plaid — ΔT 1.34
- Celtic Nations (Fashion) — ΔT 1.37
- Perth - 1819 (District) — ΔT 1.41
- MacLean of Duart — ΔT 1.44
- Doig (Personal) — ΔT 1.44
- MacLean of Duart #5 — ΔT 1.45
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/s8/r40g16ly2k8y4w1db5w2~x2/