Bute Heather, Midnight
Bands: BKBKBKBKBWB · Stripes: N K DO K DO K DO K DO LB N N K DO K DO K DO K DO LB N
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5896
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5896
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7180
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3232
Thread count
N/10 K4 Na16 K2 Na16 K8 Na8 K12 Na36 Nb3 N/12

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 | #646464 #646464 | B #2A418A | 0.16 |
| Na | #3C3C3C #3C3C3C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| Nb | #D2D2D2 #D2D2D2 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.11 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bute Heather, Midnight (Fashion) — ΔT 0.72
- Bute Heather, Hunting (Fashion) — ΔT 0.84
- Walker Hunting (Name) — ΔT 1.15
- Bute Heather, Grey — ΔT 1.16
- Glen Affric (Artefact) — ΔT 1.27
- Cornwall — ΔT 1.28
- Howells — ΔT 1.48
- Hardie — ΔT 1.48
- Unidentified #44 — ΔT 1.49
- Bredillet (Personal) — ΔT 1.59
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/s11/n12lb3do36k12do8k8do16k2do16k4n10/