Bute Heather, Autumn
Bands: BKBGBKRKRYB · Stripes: DB K DP DG DP K M K M LY DB DB K DP DG DP K M K M LY DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5872
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5872
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6175
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3231
Thread count
DB/10 K2 DP16 DG2 DP16 K8 DR8 K12 DR36 Y2 DB/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #141E46 #141E46 | B #2A418A | 0.16 |
| DG | #003C14 #003C14 | G #006100 | 0.13 |
| DP | #500050 #500050 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| DR | #781C38 #781C38 | R #CC0000 | 0.18 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bute Heather — ΔT 1.22
- Kelvin Family (Personal) — ΔT 1.34
- Dalgliesh, Ewen (Personal) — ΔT 1.56
- Faulkner (Personal) — ΔT 1.60
- Richards (Welsh Name) — ΔT 1.68
- Spirit of Alva (Fashion) — ΔT 1.74
- Bute Heather, Autumn (Fashion) — ΔT 1.79
- Redgate (Connecticut) Hunting #2 — ΔT 1.82
- Passion of Scotland, Purple (Fashion — ΔT 1.83
- D'Souza (Personal) — ΔT 1.84
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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