Bisset
Bands: RGKGKYGBW · Stripes: R G K G K LY G DB W R G K G K LY G DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=268
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: 268
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1478
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1478
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
LN/6 DB16 G12 Y6 K6 G12 K12 G36 R/18

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000048 #000048 | B #2A418A | 0.22 |
| DG | #044028 #044028 | G #006100 | 0.13 |
| G | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #FCB000 #FCB000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.04 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Hislop (Name) — ΔT 0.97
- Bisset — ΔT 1.02
- Wilson's, No 225 — ΔT 1.08
- Presbyterian Synod (US) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
- Quinn — ΔT 1.23
- Moskova — ΔT 1.23
- Soutar (Name) — ΔT 1.23
- Dunedin — ΔT 1.24
- MacShane (Clan) — ΔT 1.25
- CSCA (Corporate) — ΔT 1.30
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/r9g18k6g6k3ly3g6db8w3~x2/