Royal Canadian Air Force #3
Bands: RBKRKBKWKRKRKRKRKR · Stripes: R T K R K T K W K R K R K R K R K R R T K R K T K W K R K R K R K R K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3593
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3593
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1353
Thread count
R/8 B16 K2 R8 K2 B32 K4 LN6 K4 R8 K4 R6 K8 R6 K12 R6 K16 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Alexander Brothers - 1993 (Corp.) — ΔT 1.03
- MacLachlan #3 — ΔT 1.10
- Frankfurt & Disttrict P & D (Corpora — ΔT 1.14
- Clan Pipers Frankfurt and District Pipe Band — ΔT 1.28
- Bonner, (Bonnar) — ΔT 1.29
- Quebec Centennial #2 — ΔT 1.30
- MacDonald Dress (Irish) — ΔT 1.30
- Tommy — ΔT 1.35
- Chisholm — ΔT 1.35
- Popular — ΔT 1.37
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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