Rothesay, Dress (VS)
In pattern RWBWKWRKRW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3575
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1829 — Rothesay, Dress (VS) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1829 — Rothesay, Dress (VS) (Royal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3575
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1679
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1679
Thread count
R/4 LN56 DB8 LN4 K12 LN4 R8 K2 R4 LN/2

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 #2A418A | 0.06 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Grotto Dove (Dance) — ΔT 0.72
- Stuart/Stewart variant #2 — ΔT 1.01
- Glen Moy — ΔT 1.12
- Stewart, variant — ΔT 1.14
- Anthony Plaid Ecru — ΔT 1.18
- Glen Moy Tartan Tartan Number: 1293. Earliest known date: pre 1986 A colour variation of the Royal Stewart woven by Edgars, Pitlochry around 1986, named after the place in Angus described as follows: Its mainly Sheep farming in Glen Moy. Off the beaten track, its a very quiet area of the Angus glens close to Cortachy castle and great for walking if you like it to yourself! See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.23
- Stewart Dress, Purple (Dance) — ΔT 1.23
- Shaw of Tordarroch, Mrs (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- Grotto Dove — ΔT 1.32
- Spirit of Dunkeld — ΔT 1.32
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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