Bute Heather, Black
Bands: KGKGGKGKGK · Stripes: K Y K Y Y K Y K Y K K Y K Y Y K Y K Y K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5858
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5858
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6886
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3236
Thread count
K/12 N40 K12 N8 K8 N16 N4 K16 N4 K/10

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #808080 #808080 | G #006100 | 0.23 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Douglas, Grey (Vestiarium Scoticum) — ΔT 0.84
- West Point Military Academy (Mil.) — ΔT 1.27
- Grey Breton — ΔT 1.27
- Martin's Own — ΔT 1.41
- MacSween, Black (Personal) — ΔT 1.45
- Bannockbane Grey #3 — ΔT 1.47
- Flynn — ΔT 1.48
- MacLean, Black & White — ΔT 1.48
- Scott Black and Grey — ΔT 1.49
- Watertown Library Assoc. (Corporate) — ΔT 1.50
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.
ID: /setts/s10/k6y20k6y4k4y8y2k8y2k5~x2/