Plymouth Armada
Bands: BRBBBBWBRBRW · Stripes: DB R DB DO DR DB W DB O DB O W DB R DB DO DR DB W DB O DB O W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3349
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3349
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 476
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 476
Thread count
DB/80 R4 DB14 DR10 DRa4 DBa6 LN4 DBa20 N12 DB4 N8 LN/4

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 |
| DBa | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DRa | #480800 #480800 | B #2A418A | 0.24 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Plymouth Armada (Commemorative) — ΔT 0.92
- Plymouth/Armada 400, Armada — ΔT 1.03
- Bavidge (Personal) — ΔT 1.11
- O'Shaughnessy (Estimated threadcount) — ΔT 1.35
- Dickson (Personal) — ΔT 1.43
- Holyrood Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 98. Earliest known date: 1980 Holyrood is the Scottish equivalent of Buckingham Palace, the Queens official residence in Scotland. She is guarded by 'The Royal Company of Archers', a non military force provided by the chiefs of the clans. A sample of the Holyrood tartan was presented to the Scottish Tartans Society by Lochcarron Weavers in 1980. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.48
- Wcwm 849-2 — ΔT 1.56
- Incorporation of Weavers (Glasgow) — ΔT 1.56
- Northfield Academy — ΔT 1.58
- Lady Diana, Plaid — ΔT 1.59
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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