Lothian Buses (Corporate?)
Bands: BRGRBW · Stripes: DB R G R DB W DB R G R DB W
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/7779/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- pre 2008 — Lothian Buses (Corporate?) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Lothian Buses (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5749
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7779
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/8 R24 G24 R24 DB120 LN/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Heritage of Wales (Fashion) — ΔT 0.87
- Ikelman #4 (Personal) — ΔT 0.91
- Unnamed C20th - USA — ΔT 0.92
- Wolverines (Corporate) — ΔT 0.97
- Perkins (2015) — ΔT 1.01
- Doten (2013) — ΔT 1.12
- Dege, of Saville Row — ΔT 1.12
- Hannah (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- Kelvinside Academy (School) — ΔT 1.23
- Widows Sons Scotland Dress — ΔT 1.23
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/s6/w2db15r3g3r3db1~x8/