Bell of the Borders
In pattern RGKYKYYYY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=243
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1984 — Bell of the Borders (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1984 — Bell of the Borders (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
R/12 Ga8 K36 N8 K8 N96 Y8 N8 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3070FC #3070FC | B #2C4084 | 0.22 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #C80000 | 0.14 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006400 | 0.06 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006400 | 0.18 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| LG | #9C9C00 #9C9C00 | Y #E8C000 | 0.16 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.22 |
| N | #94ACB8 #94ACB8 | Y #E8C000 | 0.21 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Stewart Dress, Grey #1 (Fashion) — ΔT 0.89
- Royal Troon Golf Club, The — ΔT 1.02
- Bro-Roazhon — ΔT 1.06
- Bell Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1489. Earliest known date: 1984 Designed for William H. Bell, Colonel, USAF Ret., President of the Bell Family Association of the United States (Clan Bell). The Bells are one of the eight great riding Clans of the Borders. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.12
- Harris (Personal) — ΔT 1.12
- Motherwell Football Club. Modern — ΔT 1.17
- Bruichladdich (Corporate) — ΔT 1.27
- Grotto Dove — ΔT 1.29
- Renfrew #2 — ΔT 1.30
- Rothesay, Duke of — ΔT 1.31
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.
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