Bruce (Vestiarium)
In pattern WRGRGRGRGRY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=399
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1797 — Bruce (Vestiarium) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1797 — Bruce (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
LN/4 R32 G8 R8 G24 R4 G24 R8 G8 R32 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bruce — ΔT 0.38
- Burns — ΔT 0.70
- Burns Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1539. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Modern family sett discovered by MacKinlay at Messrs Forsyth. Probably dates between 1930-50. There is also a Robert Burns check. (see under R...) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.82
- Peacock, Grahame (Name) — ΔT 0.85
- Morrison Old Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 933. Earliest known date: 1745 This sett is very similar to the single green stripe version recorded by Lord Lyon in 1968. The date given by MacKinlay is 1745 whereas Lord Lyon gives 1747. Both setts are clearly based on the same pattern which was found in an old Morrison family bible during demolition work on a Black House in Lewis in 1935. [50%] See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.92
- Bruce County District Tartan Tartan Number: 1778. Earliest known date: 1964 Bruce County is an administrative district of the Province of Ontario. The design is attributed to Lord Bruce, the son of the Earl of Elgin, and chief of the Clan Bruce, for his role in adapting the Bruce clan tartan. Two blue stripes have been added to represent the coastline of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.94
- Morrison — ΔT 0.94
- Bruce County — ΔT 0.95
- Burns 1930 — ΔT 0.95
- Bruce — ΔT 1.00
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/w4r32g8r8g24r4g24r8g8r32y4-g006818-rc80000-we0e0e0-ye8c000/