Arbroath Smokie
Bands: YRBWBRYRY · Stripes: LO R DT W DT R LO R LO LO R DT W DT R LO R LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=105
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2005 — Arbroath Smokie (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2005 — Arbroath Smokie (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 105
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6596
Thread count
DY/2 DR90 DN46 LN2 DN12 R4 DY2 R4 DY/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DN | #14283C #14283C | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonald of Glencoe #2 — ΔT 1.07
- Slessor (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- MacDonald of Glenaladale #2 — ΔT 1.23
- Jack (Personal) — ΔT 1.29
- Tyrone Irish County Tartan Tartan Number: 2264. Earliest known date: 1993 One of a series of Irish District tartans designed by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar, with colours reminiscent of the Country with soft warm colours dominating. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.31
- MacDonald of Glencoe Artifact Tartan Tartan Number: 1012. Earliest known date: 17th century Cargill fragment now at Fort William museum. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.34
- MacEdward (MacGregor Hastie) — ΔT 1.35
- Highland Prince (Fashion) — ΔT 1.40
- Firefighters' Memorial — ΔT 1.40
- Moulin — ΔT 1.49
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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