Ailsa Craig
Bands: RWRYKWKW · Stripes: R W O LY K W K W R W O LY K W K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=27
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 27
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1673
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1673
Thread count
Ra/10 W4 Na40 Y4 K32 W36 K4 W/10

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #5C5C5C #5C5C5C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Na | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Ra | #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.
- Ailsa Craig (District) — ΔT 0.26
- Barbour - Ancient — ΔT 0.83
- Lalage (Personal) — ΔT 0.83
- Alexander Brothers - 2007? (Corp.) — ΔT 0.86
- Culloden, dress Ancient — ΔT 0.93
- MacDuff Dress #5 — ΔT 0.95
- Stirling & Bannockburn Dress (Dist) — ΔT 0.95
- Oliver, dress — ΔT 0.96
- MacDuff dress — ΔT 0.97
- Northern Ontario — ΔT 1.00
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/r5w2o20ly2k16w18k2w5~x2/