Border Bell
Bands: BKWKWRK · Stripes: DB K W K W R K DB K W K W R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=244
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 244
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 370
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 370
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/16 K16 W16 K16 W16 R16 K/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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bell, Border (Name) — ΔT 0.00
- Dupplin Check — ΔT 0.75
- Bell, South. — ΔT 0.81
- Strathspey (Estate Check) — ΔT 1.00
- Buccleuch, Check — ΔT 1.57
- Antonelli (Oklahoma), John (Personal) — ΔT 1.76
- Hogg — ΔT 1.86
- Seaforth (Estate Check) — ΔT 1.97
- Seaforth Estate Check Estate Check Weavers Tartan Tartan Number: 5344. Earliest known date: pre 1990 No details. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.97
- Buccleuch Check (9 squares) — ΔT 2.00
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/s7/db1k1w1k1w1r1k1~x16/