Rothesay (Red)
Bands: WRGRGRGRGRGRGRWRW · Stripes: W R G R G R G R G R G R G R W R W W R G R G R G R G R G R G R W R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 17 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3573
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1840 — Rothesay (Red) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1840 — Rothesay, Red (Royal) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3573
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1533
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1533
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
W/8 R83 G7 R5 G7 R7 G28 R7 G28 R7 G7 R5 G7 R83 W4 R4 W/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonell of Keppoch — ΔT 0.77
- MacGillivray #3 — ΔT 0.84
- Rothesay — ΔT 1.01
- MacGillivray — ΔT 1.03
- Ross #7 — ΔT 1.07
- Ross #2 — ΔT 1.08
- Munro — ΔT 1.16
- Ross 5 — ΔT 1.17
- Ross 4 — ΔT 1.19
- Munro — ΔT 1.24
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.
ID: /setts/s17/w8r83g7r5g7r7g28r7g28r7g7r5g7r83w4r4w8/