RAAF #3
Bands: BWBWBWBBR · Stripes: T W T W T W T DB R T W T W T W T DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5342
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5342
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3143
Thread count
B/96 LN4 B14 LN4 B14 LN4 B40 DB22 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wyckoff, Ann Grainger Phillips — ΔT 1.63
- St Giles Check Tartan Tartan Number: 387. Earliest known date: 1984 St Giles Church is in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.66
- St. Giles Check — ΔT 1.66
- St Giles, Check — ΔT 1.68
- RAAF #5 — ΔT 1.77
- European — ΔT 1.77
- St. Giles Check (Corporate) — ΔT 1.80
- Cullen (Christian Hill) (Personal) — ΔT 1.83
- Wylie (Name) — ΔT 1.90
- Highland Dusk (Fashion) — ΔT 1.99
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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