Rose
In pattern GRBRBRBRW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3547
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1842 — Rose (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1842 — Rose - 1842 (VS Plate) Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
G/8 R64 DB18 R12 DB4 R6 DB4 R24 W/6

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 #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F4F4F0 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Rose Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 845. Earliest known date: 1842 The text of the Vestiarium gives the colours as purple and crimson but in the plate they appear as mid blue and scarlet. The Lord Lyon records crimson as red. D.C. Stewart regarded this sett as a 'dress' tartan. ('The Setts..' 1950) James Logan records a 'hunting' version. ('The Scottish Gael' 1831). The castle of Kilravock which has been the residence of the Roses for over five centuries is still the seat of the chief. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.21
- Rose — ΔT 0.54
- Rose — ΔT 0.78
- Rose — ΔT 1.05
- Rose — ΔT 1.05
- Princess Elizabeth #2 — ΔT 1.09
- Princess Elizabeth — ΔT 1.15
- Swiss National (Fashion) — ΔT 1.17
- De Nardi #2 (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- Highlands of Wyomissing (Corporate) — ΔT 1.18
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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