Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The
Bands: BBKBKBKRW · Stripes: T N K N K N K O W T N K N K N K O W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3598
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/05/1998 — Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1998 — Royal College of Surgeons. . .(Corp) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3598
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2457
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2457
Thread count
B/8 Ba32 K4 Ba4 K4 Ba4 K26 N40 W/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| Ba | #305870 #305870 | B #2A418A | 0.09 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ogilvie Hunting Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 6082. Earliest known date: pre 2000 Samples in STA Dalgety Collection labelled "Restricted, Hunting Ogilvie, Family Only". However, the major weavers have this in their swatch books so the restriction mentioned above seems to have been lifted at some stage. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.61
- Heart of the Highlands — ΔT 0.78
- de Franck, Matt (Personal) — ΔT 0.79
- Bowlers (Commemorative) — ΔT 0.82
- Heart of the Highlands — ΔT 0.84
- Leitrem County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 0.90
- Elwyn Glen (Scottish Borders) — ΔT 0.91
- Ritchie, Stephen James (Personal) — ΔT 0.91
- McCandlish Dress, Grey (Name) — ΔT 0.92
- Glenfalloch — ΔT 0.92
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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