Wemyss
Bands: RGRKRKWKR · Stripes: R G R K R K W K R R G R K R K W K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4600
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4600
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1512
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1512
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/16 G4 R96 K16 R16 K48 W4 K48 R/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wemyss — ΔT 0.99
- Wemyss — ΔT 1.00
- Leslie — ΔT 1.07
- Wemyss — ΔT 1.08
- Wemyss — ΔT 1.08
- Smeaton 1985 (Name) — ΔT 1.10
- Stuart of Bute — ΔT 1.10
- Ramsay (Red) — ΔT 1.13
- MacIvor — ΔT 1.13
- MacIver — ΔT 1.15
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/s9/r4k12w1k12r4k4r24g1r4~x4/