Bon Accord
Bands: RBRBRWR · Stripes: R DT R DT R W R R DT R DT R W R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=307
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1995 — Bon Accord (register-of-tartans, record)
- Apr. 1995 — Bon Accord (District) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 307
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2229
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2229
Thread count
R/6 DB50 R6 DB6 R34 W6 R/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Matthews (Personal) — ΔT 0.94
- Bon Accord Corporate Com Tartan Tartan Number: 2229. Earliest known date: 1995 Designed by Michael King of Philip King Ltd. A tartan for the City of Aberdeen. Approved by the City council, launched at the Aberdeen Highland Games in June 1995. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.14
- Butler — ΔT 1.16
- Bon Accord — ΔT 1.18
- O'Long (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- Pink MacLeod (Personal) — ΔT 1.20
- British European — ΔT 1.24
- British European (Corporate) — ΔT 1.24
- Galloway Red — ΔT 1.28
- Unidentified Early 18th Centuary — ΔT 1.29
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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