Federal Bureaux
Its design is pattern BRBWBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Kinloch Anderson in 1988 as "S.C.O.T.S."; later adopted for the FBI pipe band's kilts.
The Federal Bureaux tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Bureaux | LB/120 DB38 W6 DB4 R4 DB/14 | 238 | 1989 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Federal Bureaux of Investigation
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.