21 bands tartan setts

March 18, 2023 8 min 26 s

104 setts across 94 tartans with 21 bands, grouped by colour-sequence pattern. Patterns with fewer than 40 setts are listed in full below; busier ones link to their own page. Each variant shows ΔT — its mean distance (OKLab ΔE) from the pattern's base colours — nearest first, with a stripe bar in the nearest human-palette colour names (hover a stripe to read it).

BRBRBRBRKRBRBRGRGRBRK

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.04	Murray of Tullibardine 1	weddslist
0.04	Murray of Tullibardine 2	weddslist
0.07	MacLeod of Tullibardine	register-of-tartans
0.07	Murray of Tullibardine	register-of-tartans
0.07	Murray of Tullibardine #2	register-of-tartans
0.09	Murray of Tullibardine - 1820 (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.09	Murray of Tullibardine	weddslist

GRGBRGRGRGRGRGBRGRGRG

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.05	Matheson	weddslist
0.07	Matheson Dress	register-of-tartans
0.09	Matheson (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.10	Matheson	weddslist
0.11	Matheson (WCWM)	register-of-tartans

GBGBGBKGBGBGBGBGBKGBG

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.04	Matheson, hunting	weddslist
0.12	Matheson Htg (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.12	Matheson Hunting	register-of-tartans
0.18	Matheson Hunting (Blue)	register-of-tartans

RBKRKBBWKYKYKRBGKRKGR

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.06	Anderson 6	weddslist
0.06	Anderson 9	weddslist
0.07	Anderson (W L Anderson, Stirling)	register-of-tartans
0.08	Anderson (MacGregor-Hastie #2)	register-of-tartans

RRRKRBWBWBWBKYWKWYGWR

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.07	Dundee, Wallace	weddslist
0.09	Dundee Wallace Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1648. Earliest known date: 1819 Based on the design of a tartan Jacket said to have been worn by Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden - earliest date 1746 - now preserved in the Scottish United Services Museum in Edinburgh Castle. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan
0.10	Dundee Wallace	register-of-tartans

BBBBBBWBWBRYRBWBWBBBB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.05		Tartan Army Corporate/Sport Tartan Tartan Number: 2389. Earliest known date: 1997 A tartan designed for the Scottish football supporters at the 1997 World Cup. The supporters were affectionately known as the Tartan Army. A strick code of conduct earned the supporters praise worldwide. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan
0.06		Tartan Army	register-of-tartans

BBKGKGGKBKGWGRGRGBGKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Unidentified 5	weddslist
0.11		Unidentified #3	register-of-tartans

BBRBRGRBRGRBRGRBRGRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		MacIntyre of Littleport	register-of-tartans
0.08		MacIntyre, or Perthshire	weddslist

BRBRBRBRBRBRBRGRGRBRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Murray of Tullibardine 3	weddslist
0.10		Murray of Tullibardine #3	register-of-tartans

BRBRBRBRGRBRBRGRGRBRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Murray of Tullibardine (plaid)	register-of-tartans
0.05		Murray of Tullibardine 4	weddslist

BYKBKBKBKBKRYRYRYRYKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		New Star (Fashion)	tartans-authority
0.16		New Star	register-of-tartans

GRGBRGRGRGRGRGBGRGRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Matheson Hunting (STS incomplete sett)	register-of-tartans
0.05		Matheson, hunting	weddslist

GRGKBRBKBKBKBKBYBKGRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		Allen, Christopher Holler	weddslist
0.05		Allen (1998)	register-of-tartans

RBBGBGBGBGBGBYBWGRBBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Lundie (Personal)	tartans-authority
0.08		Lundie	register-of-tartans

RBKRKBKYKYKYKRBGKRKGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Anderson P	weddslist
0.12		Anderson P	weddslist

RWBWRGGGRGGGRWBWRWBWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		MacDonald of Boisdale	weddslist
0.09		MacDonald of Boisdale	register-of-tartans

WBWBWKBKBKGBGBGKWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Graham, dress	weddslist
0.10		Graham Dress	register-of-tartans

BBBRBBBRBRWGRBGBGBRBG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Otago Peninsula Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2110. Earliest known date: 1990 Otago Peninsula Trust was set up to look after a large house and gardens in Dunedin which is open to visitors. The colours chosen are to represent the wildlife e.g. Salmon pink and Kingfisher blue. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

BBRGYGRBBRGRKRBKRKRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Gordonstoun	weddslist

BGBGBGBGRGRGRGRGRBGRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Matheson Hunting (Highland Society of London)	register-of-tartans

BGWKBYBWYBKGBWGWBGBKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Lions Club	register-of-tartans

BKBGBGBGKGKGKGKGRBRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Recovery	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKWKWKRYRKWKWKBKB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Tartan Army	weddslist

BKBKGRGKWKGRGKRBRBRBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Rankin (Dalgliesh) #1	tartans-authority

BKRKRKRKGKBKGKRKRKRKB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Wcwm 9275-1563	register-of-tartans

BRBRBRBRBRBRBRGRGRBRB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Murray of Tullibardine	weddslist

BRBRBRBRKRBRBRKRKRBRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Murray (Bed hanging)	register-of-tartans

BRBRBRBRYRBRBRGRGRBRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		MacLeod Red	register-of-tartans

BRBRBRKRBWBRKRRBRBRBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Rankin Grey (Personal)	tartans-authority

BRGBRGRGRGRGRGBRGRGRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Matheson (Lochcarron)	tartans-authority

BRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		MacRae of Inverinate (Clan)	tartans-authority

BYBGBGBGKGKGKGKGRBRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Recovery	weddslist

BYBGBGBGKGKGKGKGRBRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Recovery (Corporate)	tartans-authority

GBGBGBGYGYGBGBGBGRBRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Limerick Irish County Tartan Tartan Number: 2272. Earliest known date: 1996 One of a series of Irish District tartans designed by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar, with colours reminiscent of the Country with soft warm colours dominating. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

GBGBGBWGBGBGBGBGBWGBG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Matheson Hunting (Crowe 1974) (Personal)	register-of-tartans

GBRGYGRBGRGRKRGKRKRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.16		Gordonstoun #3	register-of-tartans

GKGKGKKBKBKWKBKBKKGKG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Dorris	register-of-tartans

GKGKWKBKBRBRBKBKWKGKG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		New Hampshire District Tartan Tartan Number: 1102. Earliest known date: 1994 New Hampshire State Representative Steven Avery, arranged for Governor Stephen Merrill to proclaim the Tartan as the State Tartan of New Hampshire in June 1994. In January 1995, Avery introduced the bill to the NH Legislature for permanent recognition, which was passed in May, 1995. The purple represents the finch and the lilac, green the forests, black the granite mountains, white for the snow, and red for the States heroes. New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) 3:21. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Murray of Dunmore (Clan)	tartans-authority

GRKRGRGRKRKRGRKRKRKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Murray of Tullibardine - Artefact	register-of-tartans

KBGYKBWBKYGKBKGYKBRBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Perthshire Highland Society (Corp)	tartans-authority

KBKBKBRBGBWBYBRBKBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Emergency Medical Services Memorial Tartan	register-of-tartans

KBRKRBRKRBKRBRKBRBRKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Buchan (Clan)	tartans-authority

KBWBKBWBKWKRGWGRKRWGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Aberdeen (Johnston and Smith)	register-of-tartans

KBWBKBWBKWKRRWRRKRWRR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Aberdeen Dress (Dance)	tartans-authority

KKKKKKKKKKKKGKKGKKKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Unidentified (Jones #1)	register-of-tartans

KKWWKKWWKWWWWKWWWKWWK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Abergaveny (Fashion)	tartans-authority

KRBRGKWKYKBKYKWKGRBRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		MacLean	logan-1831

KRKGKGKGRBRYRGKGKGKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Pilette of Kinnear (Personal)	register-of-tartans

KRKGKGKGRWRYRGKGKGKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Pilette of Kinnear (Personal)	tartans-authority

KRKGKGKGRYRYRGKGKGKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Kinnear, Pilette of	weddslist

KRKRKRKRKRBKWKRKBRKRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Hood (Artefact)	tartans-authority

KRKRKRKRKRKRKRKRKRKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		MacLeod	register-of-tartans

KRWKBKWGKGKWBYBWBYBKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Murtaugh Hunting Tartan Tartan Number: 5818. Earliest known date: 2003 After original Murtaugh by Don Smith, Heraldic Graphics See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

KRWKRKWGKGKWRYRWRYRKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Murtaugh Hunting	register-of-tartans

KRWKYKWBKBKWYYYWYYYKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Murtaugh	register-of-tartans

KWKWRKRYKRYKRYRKWKWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Clutha	register-of-tartans

RBGBGBYBGBGBGBYBGBGBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Jenkins of Wales	register-of-tartans

RBGKBKBKGRGRGKBKBGBKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Wcwm 1538	register-of-tartans

RBRBRBKGRKYKRGKBRBRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Logan	logan-1831

RBYWGWYRRBRRYGBRRWGWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Victoria, County of (District)	tartans-authority

RGKRKGBRKYKYKWKWKRKWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Anderson P	weddslist

RKBRRBRBKBBBKBRBRRBKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.17		Graeme Brodie Tartan Tartan Number: 3243. Earliest known date: August 2002 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

RRRKGBGBGRGBGBGKRRRRR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Cherry Valley New York	register-of-tartans

RWRWRGRGWGRGRWRWRGRGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		MacIntosh Blanket	register-of-tartans

RWRWRGRRWRRGRWRWRGRRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		MacIntosh, Blanket	weddslist

WBWBWBBRBBRYRYRBWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		New Providence Presbyterian Church	register-of-tartans

WBWBWBWBWBWBWBWBWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.16		Prince of Wales Check	register-of-tartans

WBWBWKBKBKBKYKYKWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Gordon Dress (Clan)	tartans-authority

WKBKBKBKRKRKRKGKGKGKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Genet of An Gwylvos (Montana)	register-of-tartans

WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Glenurquhart Estate Check	register-of-tartans

WRWKGBGBGRGBGBGKWRWRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Cherry Valley New York (District)	tartans-authority

YBRBRKGRGRGRGRGKRBRBY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Cameron	logan-1831

YBYBYBKWBYBYBYBYBKYBY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Blue Matheson Hunting (Kinloch Anderson)	register-of-tartans