Arkansas
Bands: GKGRGWG · Stripes: G K G R G W G G K G R G W G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=112
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1998 — Arkansas (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1998 — Arkansas (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Arkansas State American District Tartan Tartan Number: 2678. Earliest known date: 1998 The official Arkansas state tartan. At one time there were two other contenders for this honour but this database only has details of one other - # 3264. Green represents the "Natural State" (the State's nickname), red the original settlers, white for the diamonds and black for the rich oil reserves. Approved by State Governor Mike Huckabee in the State Captal of Little Rock on 1st September, 1998. 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: 112
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2678
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2678
Thread count
Ga/8 K12 Ga12 R24 Ga48 W4 Ga/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Gb | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C8002C #C8002C | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Sir Billi (Corporate) — ΔT 0.88
- MacKintosh, hunting — ΔT 1.02
- MacKintosh Hunting — ΔT 1.04
- Sir Billi — ΔT 1.15
- Paton (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- MacKintosh Hunting — ΔT 1.23
- McGirr (Letterkenny) David, (Pers.) — ΔT 1.24
- Logan #4 — ΔT 1.25
- Scottish Scouts (1957) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.27
- Northcroft (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
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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