Royal Highland
Its design is pattern BBBKBKGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Black Watch-based design for the Highland Society of Scotland, with colours representing agricultural heritage; "barley white" added.
The Royal Highland tartan groups 2 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Highland ★ | LB/8 DG34 K20 DB6 K6 DB34 DR6 DB/6 | 226 | 1992 | |
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| Corporate Tartan | 0.44 | LR/8 G33 K21 DB6 K6 DB33 R6 DB/6 | 224 | 1992 |
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Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.
