Royal Columbian
Bands: BBRBGYGBW · Stripes: B T R T G LY G B W B T R T G LY G B W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3599
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1968 — Royal Columbian (register-of-tartans, record)
- 12.3.1968 — Royal Columbian (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3599
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1900
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1900
Thread count
B/52 Ba52 R4 Ba52 G52 Y4 G52 B52 W/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| Ba | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Crawfordjohn Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 6864. Earliest known date: 2005 A tartan for the Barony of Crawfordjohn designed by the present baron, Travis K Svensson. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 2.59
- Baron of Crawfordjohn (Personal) — ΔT 2.68
- Greyfriars — ΔT 2.70
- RAF Kinloss (Military) — ΔT 2.71
- Uitwaaien Papi (Personal) — ΔT 2.73
- Kinloch Anderson Heather — ΔT 2.79
- MatchPoint Dress — ΔT 2.79
- Skibo — ΔT 2.80
- Sandbaggers (Corporate) — ΔT 2.81
- Outlander #2 — ΔT 2.85
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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