Roderick Dhu
Bands: BKRKGYKGW · Stripes: B K R K G LY K G LB B K R K G LY K G LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3541
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3541
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 153
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 153
Thread count
B/12 K8 R8 K48 G40 Y4 K4 G8 LP/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3850C8 #3850C8 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kerby (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Loch Lomond Millenium Comemmorative Tartan Tartan Number: 2520. Earliest known date: 2002 Designed by Claire Donaldson of the House of Edgar. The application states that it is restricted to H of E by copyright. However, the fabric is produced by Lochcarron. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.89
- Cornish Hunting District Tartan Tartan Number: 1568. Earliest known date: 1984 The Cornish Hunting tartan was first produced in 1984, and was marketed by the firm, Cornovi Creations, Cornwall. It is based on the Cornish National tartan designed by E.E. Morton-Nance, who regarded tartan as the heritage of all Celts, not Scots alone. (P Smith and G Teall, District Tartans, 1992) The hunting sett replaces the 'National' yellow with dark green and the azure with a darker shade of blue. Cornish Hunting is a registered design (No. 514267). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.91
- Stephenson — ΔT 0.95
- Turnbull, Dress Bruce (Personal) — ΔT 0.96
- Kelsey, William (Personal) — ΔT 0.97
- Royal College of General Practitioners — ΔT 0.98
- Loch Awe — ΔT 1.00
- Louth County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 1.02
- Princess Diana — ΔT 1.03
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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