22 bands tartan setts

March 18, 2023 12 min 27 s

141 setts across 130 tartans with 22 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).

BRGRBBRGRBRBBRBRGRBBRG

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.08	Cumming	register-of-tartans
0.08	Cumming of Glenorchy	register-of-tartans
0.08	Cumming	weddslist
0.08	Cumming, of Glenorchy	weddslist

BWBGBGBGRGRGRGRGRGBRWR

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.03	Wilson (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.07	Wilson (Janet) #2	register-of-tartans
0.08	Wilson, Janet	weddslist
0.10	Wilson, Janet (1780 Original)	tartans-authority

RBKRKBKWKYKYKRBRGKRKGR

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.09	Anderson Variant Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1350. Earliest known date: pre 2003 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan
0.09	Anderson 11	weddslist
0.12	Anderson (Coulson Bonner #2)	register-of-tartans

BBRBRGRBBRGBRGRBBRGRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Cumming and Glenorchy	register-of-tartans
0.08		Cumming, and Glenorchy	weddslist

BGBGKGKGKRKYKGKGKGBGBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Dow - Aerlift	register-of-tartans
0.12		Dow-Aerlift (Name)	tartans-authority

BGBKBKGRGKGKGKGKGYGKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		Stewart hunting	weddslist
0.06		Stuart/Stewart Hunting #2	register-of-tartans

BGGGWGGGGRGWGWGGGGWGGG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Toshach	register-of-tartans
0.11		Toshach	weddslist

BGKBWKGKGKGKGKBWGKBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.05		Alberta, Quebec Nova Scotia	weddslist
0.08		Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia.	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKGRKRWRKRGKBKBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Watt	register-of-tartans
0.16		Braveheart Warrior Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2231. Earliest known date: 1993 Designed by Michael King of Philip King Tailoring Ltd, Aberdeen. Originally designed for Ronnie Watt, an 8th Dan in martial arts representing Scotland whose ring title was Braveheart Warrior. It has been adopted as the official tartan of the Scottish Shotokan Centre and as the Watt tartan.The design has no direct connection with the Braveheart film. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

BRBRBRKGRGRGWGRGRGKWKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		MacDonell of Glengarry, dress	weddslist
0.07		MacDonell of Glengarry Dress	register-of-tartans

BRKWGRYRGRKYRKRYKRBRYR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Hay, or Leith	weddslist
0.06		Hay or Leith	register-of-tartans

BWBGBGBGKGKGKGKGKGBKWK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Wilson-Blyth Name Tartan Tartan Number: 11127. Earliest known date: 23/08/2014 The Wilson-Blyth tartan takes the set of the Clan Wilson tartan and uses the colours of the Clan Blyth (Tweedside District) tartan. It was designed for the marriage of Prof. Nancy J Devlin (nee Wilson) to Mr David R Blyth, in Rushden, Hertfordshire on 23rd August 2014, wherein both will take the new name Wilson-Blyth. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan
0.15		Wilson-Blyth	register-of-tartans

GKBYBYBGRBRWRBRGBYBYBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Sillars	register-of-tartans
0.09		Seller (Personal)	register-of-tartans

GRKRKGRKRKYKYKWKBKRKBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Anderson 7	weddslist
0.09		Anderson (MacGregor-Hastie #1)	register-of-tartans

WRGRGKGBBWBBWBWBWBRWRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		ASF Official (Corporate)	tartans-authority
0.09		American Scottish Foundation	register-of-tartans

WRGRGRGRGRBKGRGRGRGRGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Unidentified Plaid 4	weddslist
0.10		Unidentified Plaid #8	register-of-tartans

BBBKBKBBKBGBGBKBBKBKBB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Scotland's Own	register-of-tartans

BBBWBYBBBGBBBGBBBYBWBB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Harmony	register-of-tartans

BBGBBBBKBBBGBBBBGBGYGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Monarch of the Glen Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 4542. Earliest known date: 2002 Designed by Claire Donaldson of House of Edgar using the name of the popular television series. (2002) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

BBGBRBBBBRBGBRBBGBGYGB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Monarch of the Glen	register-of-tartans

BBKBGBWGBGBGBGBWGBGBGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Tiree, Turquoise (Dance)	tartans-authority

BBYBBBWRWBBBBBWRWBBBYB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Walker, Michael (Personal)	register-of-tartans

BBYBYBBBBBBYBBBBBBYBYB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.16		Thomas Blake Glover Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 2416. Earliest known date: 1996 Two versions of this and it is not known at this stage which is correct. From Lochcarron 1996. According to STS 'Tartans' 1996 this was designed by Johnsons of Elgin for the Thomas Blake Glover Heritage Centre. Thomas Blake Glover was born in Fraserburgh, Scotland. He was the founder of Mitsubishi, the Japanese Mint and the Jappanese ship building industry circa 1860. His house in Nagasaki has over 2 milion visitors a year. STS wesbite version use three colours as against the four in this (original?) version. Sample in STA's Johnston Collection. Alsowoven by Lochcarron See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

BGBGBGBGKGKGKGBGBGBGBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Walker Hunting	register-of-tartans

BGBGRRBGRRRRRRRGBRRGBG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Strathgaela	register-of-tartans

BGBYBGBBGBGGGBGBBGBYBG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Protheroe of Wales	register-of-tartans

BGKBKYKBKRWBWRKBKYKBKG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		MacWhirter	register-of-tartans

BKBBRBBKBBBBBKBBRBBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Greyhound Grenadiers Pipe Band	register-of-tartans

BKBKBBKBKBBBKBKBBKBKBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Roberts of Wales	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKWGRGWKWBWBRBWBWK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Colquhoun, dress	weddslist

BKBKBKYBYBRBYBYKYGRGYK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Colquhoun Dress	register-of-tartans

BKBKGKRKRKBKGKGKGKBKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Ellenee	register-of-tartans

BKBKGRGKGWGKGWGKGRGKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Lloyd of Dolobran (Personal)	register-of-tartans

BKGBGBGBGBGBYKBKYKBKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Lamquet (2015)	tartans-authority

BKGKBKRKBKWBWBWBWBWKGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Argyle Dress	register-of-tartans

BKGKGKGKGKGKYKBKYKBKRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Lamquet (2015)	register-of-tartans

BKRKBKRKRKRKYKRKGKRKGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Rosalyn (Fashion)	tartans-authority

BKRKBKRKYKRKYKYKGKYKGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Rosalyn	register-of-tartans

BKWKWKGRKRWRKRGKWKWKBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Stewart/Stuart - Prince Charles Edward	register-of-tartans

BKYKWKGKRBRBRKGKWKYKBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Wilson's No.090	register-of-tartans

BKYKWKGRKRWRKRGKWKYKBG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		King George VI (Green Stewart)	register-of-tartans

BKYKWKGRKRWRKRGKWKYKBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Wilson's No.073	register-of-tartans

BKYKWKGRRRWRRRGKWKYKBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Wilson's No.011	register-of-tartans

BRBGRGRGRBRBRBRGRGRGBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		Inverness Fencibles	register-of-tartans

BRBRBRBRBWBYBWBRBRBRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Kirkcaldy Tartan Army	register-of-tartans

BRBRKYKYKRBKBRKYKYKRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Johnnie Walker (2003)	register-of-tartans

BRGRKYKYKBRBKYKYKRGRBY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Hepburn	register-of-tartans

BRKRBKYKYKRKRKYKYKBRKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.17		Granton	register-of-tartans

BRKWKWKWKBRWRBKWKWKWKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Scottish Knights Templar St. Andrews	register-of-tartans

BRKYKWKGBKBWBKBGKWKYKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Stewart/Stuart Blue	register-of-tartans

BWBBBBBRBRGBGRBRBBBBBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Historic Scotland (1998)	register-of-tartans

BWBKGKGKGYGRGYGKGKGKBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Kerby (Personal)	register-of-tartans

BWBWBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Highland Sky	register-of-tartans

BWBWBWBWBWBWBWBWBWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.16		Prince of Wales (Estate Check)	tartans-authority

BWBWBWBWBWRBYBRYKWBWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Khalsa	register-of-tartans

BWBYBWBBRBRBRBRBBWBYBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead	register-of-tartans

BWGWGWBWBWBWBWBWGWGWBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Unidentified Scarlett #5	register-of-tartans

BWKBKRKBKRKYKRKBKRKBKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Saltcoats	register-of-tartans

BWKRYGRBKBRYRBKBRGYRKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Wren	register-of-tartans

BWWGWBWWWBWWWBWWWBWGWW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Unidentified Scarlett #2	register-of-tartans

BWWWWRGKWBBWBBWKGRWWWW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Arctic (District)	tartans-authority

BYBRBRKGBGRGRGBGKRBRBY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		West Highland Way	register-of-tartans

BYYBBYBYBBBBBBBYBYBBYY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Scottish Foundation VA Highlands	register-of-tartans

GBKRKBKWKYKYKRBRGKRKGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Anderson (Paton)	register-of-tartans

GBKYBYKBRBGBRBKYBYKBGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Waipu	register-of-tartans

GBRBGBBGBGGGBGBBGBRBGG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.17		Williams #2	register-of-tartans

GGGGGGRGYGWGWGYGRGGGGG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Womens Royal Army Corps Assoc.	register-of-tartans

GGWRGKGRGBGYGBGRGKGRWG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Arizona American District Tartan Tartan Number: 5706. Earliest known date: 1995 Designed by Phil Smith and proclaimed by Governor Symington in December 1995. Green is for the forest that covers half the state; brown for the desert; azure for copper, white for silver; yellow for gold; red for the Native Americans and the red, white and green stripes for the Mexican population. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

GGYGYGGRGRWRGRGGYGYGGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Seller Dress (Dance)	register-of-tartans

GKBBBKBKBKBRBKBKBKBBBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Pride (Wales)	register-of-tartans

GKBKBKGRGKYKGRGKBKBKGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Paterson Clan/Family Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 3886. Earliest known date: pre 2002 Dalgliesh variation. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

GKRKRKRKRKYGRKYKYKYRKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		New Brunswick	weddslist

GKWYBYBGRWRWRWRGBYBYWK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Sellers/Sillars	register-of-tartans

GKYKWKGKRGRGRKGKWKYKGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Norwich No.001	register-of-tartans

GRGKYKWKGRGYGRGKWKYKGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Stewart/Stuart of Galloway (Wilsons)	register-of-tartans

GRGRGKGKGKBRBKGKGKGRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Park Clan/Family Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 2387. Earliest known date: September 1996 William D. Park wished to have a tartan for himself and family. Can be worn by those of the same name. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.05		Unidentified Cant #05	register-of-tartans

GRGRGRWBRGYGRBWRGRGRGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Gordonstoun #2	register-of-tartans

GRGWGRWGWGWGWGGWGWGWGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Glen Elg	register-of-tartans

GRRGRGRGRRYGRRRRRRRRRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Ontario	weddslist

GWGKBKBKBRBRBRBKBKBKGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Sutherland	register-of-tartans

GWKBKBKBRBRBRBKBKBKWGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Sutherland Dress (Dance)	register-of-tartans

GWKWKWKWRKRWRKRWKWKWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Waverley Check	register-of-tartans

GYGKGKGGGKGGGKGGGKGGGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		International College of Dentists (Canadian Section)	register-of-tartans

GYGKGKGGGKGGGKGGGKGWGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		International College of Dentists (Canadian Section) Dress	register-of-tartans

GYGKGKYGYKYGYKYGYKGGGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Int. College of Dentists (Canada)	tartans-authority

GYGKGKYGYKYGYKYGYKGWGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Int. College of Dentists (Canada)	tartans-authority

GYGYGYGYBYGYGYBYGYGYGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Houston (Personal)	register-of-tartans

GYGYGYGYGGYGGYGYGYGYGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Kelso	register-of-tartans

GYGYWYWGGGWGGGGGWYWYGW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.17		Cox	register-of-tartans

GYRKRKRKRKYRYKRKRKRKRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Hallingdal	register-of-tartans

GYWBWBWBWYBYWBWBWBWYGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Unidentified Lindley #3	register-of-tartans

KGKBKBKBKBKBKBKBKBKGKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Ellis	register-of-tartans

KGRGKBRKRKWKRKRBKGRGKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Hargis	register-of-tartans

KRGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Braveheart	register-of-tartans

KRKRGRWBRGYGRBWRGRKRKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Gordonstoun	register-of-tartans

KRKRKYBYKGKGKYBYKRKRKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Jardine Dress	register-of-tartans

KRKYKWBGRKRWRKRGBWKYKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Stewart/Stuart of Galloway (VS)	register-of-tartans

KRKYKWKYGRGKGRGYKWKYKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		O'Keefe	register-of-tartans

KWKRGRKRYRRRYRKRGRKWKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		West Lothian Woolen Mill	register-of-tartans

KWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Scott (Black and White)	register-of-tartans

KWRKYWYKGWKRYRWRYKWBWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		MacLeod of Gesto	weddslist

KWYWYWGRWRWRWRGWYWYWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Seller, Reproduction Dress	register-of-tartans

KYKRKGKGRGKGKGRGKGKRKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Ulster (Red)	register-of-tartans

RBGRBRGBRBWBRBGRBRGBRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.05		Kormylo (Personal)	register-of-tartans

RBKRKBKWKYKYKRBRRKRKRR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Anderson 1	weddslist

RBRGBWBYBBRBBYBWBGRBRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Wilson's No.004	register-of-tartans

RGRBGWYWGWGWBWGBRGRGRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Glasgow, '88	weddslist

RGRBRRRBRGRGRRRBRGRGRR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		MacDougall	logan-1831

RGRGGRGYGBKBGYGRGGRGRR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		GRM	register-of-tartans

RKRKRKWKRKRKRYRBRKGKRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Innes	register-of-tartans

RKRKRWKRKWKWKRKWRKRKRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Knights Templar Dress	register-of-tartans

RRRBRWYWRWRWBWRBRRRRRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Glasgow Garden Festival	register-of-tartans

RRRRBWBRBRBRBRBWBRRRRR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Shieldhall	register-of-tartans

RYBYBWBYRBRWRBRYBWBYBY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Stuart/Stewart - Prince Charles Edward	register-of-tartans

RYWKWKWKWBYWKWKWKYRWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Normandy Bay Myth (Fashion)	tartans-authority

RYWKWKWKWWYWKWKWKYRWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Normandy Bay Myth	register-of-tartans

WRRRKRWRGRRRKRWRWRWRRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		MacDougal (Dress)	register-of-tartans

WYWBKWKYKBKYWYKBKYKBWY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Freger (Corporate)	tartans-authority

YGRGRGRGRGKBRGRGRGRGRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Unidentified	tartans-authority