Robert Gordon University
Bands: KRKBKY · Stripes: K R K DB K LO K R K DB K LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3519
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1997 — Robert Gordon University (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1998 — Robert Gordon University (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Robert Gordon University University Tartan Tartan Number: 2450. Earliest known date: pre 2002 Designed by Mike King of Philip King Kiltmakers in Aberdeen. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3519
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2450
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2450
Thread count
DY/4 K2 DB24 K24 DR4 K/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Patriot, The (Fashion) — ΔT 1.11
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- Saorsa — ΔT 1.15
- Givens (Arizona) — ΔT 1.17
- Joe Strummer Commemorative — ΔT 1.29
- Cork, County (District) — ΔT 1.29
- Perthshire, New /Tourist Board — ΔT 1.30
- Slanj Dress (Corporate) — ΔT 1.32
- Nairn — ΔT 1.33
- Hutton — ΔT 1.35
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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