Royal Air Force Regimental
Its design is pattern BBWBWBKBBBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Initially declined by the RAF but popular among Scottish ex-servicemen, officially adopted in 2002.
The Royal Air Force Regimental tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Air Force Regimental | W/8 DBi16 DR6 DBi50 K26 DB8 LB58 DBi6 LB16 DBi4 DR/6 | 394 | 1988 | |
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Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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394

394

222

186

268

352

232

294

322

172

268

Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.