Buccleuch
Bands: RGRBRKR · Stripes: R G R DP R K R R G R DP R K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=411
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1831 — Buccleuch (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1831 — Buccleuch (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 411
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1505
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1505
Thread count
R/14 G51 R5 P41 R5 K9 R/107

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 #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Plummer (Personal) — ΔT 0.76
- Buccleuch — ΔT 0.83
- Fraser (1745) — ΔT 1.00
- Leslie Red (VS) (Clan) — ΔT 1.01
- MacPhail — ΔT 1.03
- Chisholm D — ΔT 1.03
- Chisholm — ΔT 1.05
- Chisholm of Strathglass — ΔT 1.09
- MacDonell of Keppoch — ΔT 1.10
- MacDougall #8 — ΔT 1.12
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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