23 bands tartan setts

March 18, 2023 5 min 43 s

68 setts across 61 tartans with 23 bands, grouped by colour-sequence pattern. Patterns with fewer than 40 setts are listed in full below; busier ones link to their own page. Each variant shows ΔT — its mean distance (OKLab ΔE) from the pattern's base colours — nearest first, with a stripe bar in the nearest human-palette colour names (hover a stripe to read it).

KRYKRBRYRBRKWGRYRGRKYRK

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.04	Leith, (Hay)	weddslist
0.05	Hay and Leith	weddslist
0.06	Hay, or Leith	weddslist
0.08	Hay	logan-1831
0.08	Hay or Leith Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1215. Earliest known date: 1810-15 Also recorded by Logan and Wilson in the Wilson's pattern books. The Hay Leith connection is believed to have come about through a marriage between the two families. At Delgattie Castle, Turriff, there is a Clan Hay centre and Leith Hall, home of the Leith-Hays, is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan
0.08	Hay & Leith - 1800 (Clan)	tartans-authority

RBRGRBRGRBRBRGRBRBRGRGR

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.08	MacAlister (Cockburn Collection 1810-20)	register-of-tartans
0.08	MacAlister	weddslist
0.12	MacAlister CC	weddslist
0.12	MacAlister CC	weddslist

GBKBKGRGKGKGKGKGYGKBKBG

ΔT	Tartan	Source
0.07	Stewart Hunting Early	weddslist
0.10	Stewart Hunting Early	weddslist
0.10	Stewart Hunting Early	weddslist

BKGKGKGKGKGKYKBRKYKBKWK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Ferrazza (Personal)	tartans-authority
0.08		Ferrazza in Guidonia, Rome (Personal)	register-of-tartans

BKRGRKRGRKBRGRKRBKRKRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Comyn / Cumming, Buchan	weddslist
0.07		Cumming/Comyn/Buchan	register-of-tartans

GWRRRGRRRWKGKWBBBWBBBWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		MacBean, MacVean	weddslist
0.12		MacBean MacVean	register-of-tartans

KRYKRBRYRBRKYGRYRGRKYRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Hay and Leith	weddslist
0.11		Hay and Leith	weddslist

KWRKYWYKGWKRYGWGYRKWBWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		MacLeod of Gesto (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.09		MacLeod of Gesto Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1258. Earliest known date: pre 1850 Very similar to the sett recorded by Rhuriah MacLeod from a sample in a collection made for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, now held by the Smith Institute in Stirling. The samples, made by Wilson's of Bannockburn, were donated to the institute anonymously in 1930. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

KYKGKGBRBRBRBRBRBGKGKYK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Wood (Clan)	tartans-authority
0.08		Wood Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 6630. Earliest known date: March 2005 A tartan for all of the name. Initiated by Leslie N Wood of Dartmouth, Devon and designed by Keith Lumsden. Incorporates the colours of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans - areas with which the Woods are said to be historically connected. A Clan Wood Society is in the process of being formed (March 2005) and it is expected that they will adopt this tartan. Woven sample See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

WBWBWKBKBKBKGKYKGKWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Gordon dress	weddslist
0.07		Gordon Dress (Original)	register-of-tartans

WBWBWKBKRKBKGKWKGKWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		MacKenzie, dress	weddslist
0.07		MacKenzie Dress #3	register-of-tartans

WBWBWYWBWYWGWBWBWRWRBRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Lasting Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1789. Earliest known date: 1819 An early plaid sett from Wilson's of Bannockburn 1819 pattern book. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan
0.09		Lasting	weddslist

BBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYRB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Unidentified Plaid 3	weddslist

BGYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYRB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Unidentified Plaid #13	register-of-tartans

BKBBKGRGKWWKGRGKRBRBRBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Rankin (Dalgleish)	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKBKBKBYBKBKBKBKBKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.16		Made in Scotland	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKGRGKKWGRGKRBRBRBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Rankin (Dalgleish) #2	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKGRGKWKGRGKRBRBRBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Rankine	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKWGKWBWBWBWBWKGYGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Campbell dress	weddslist

BKRGRKRGRKBRGRKRKBRKRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Buchan	register-of-tartans

BKRKBKRWYRYWRYRYRKBKRKB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Unidentified #13	register-of-tartans

BRBRGRGRGBRBRBGRGRGRBRB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		Fraser	logan-1831

BRKBKBKBKBBWKBKBKBKBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Unidentified Plaid 12	weddslist

BWRKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWRK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		McCready (Name)	tartans-authority

GBKBKGRGKGKGKGKGRGKBKBG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.20		Gunning, Robert Maxwell Stewart (Personal)	register-of-tartans

GKGKGKGGGWGGGGKGKGKGGWG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Scottish National, dress	weddslist

GKWKYBKWKWKWKWKWKGRGWGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Abbotsford Check	register-of-tartans

GRGKGKGKGKGKGKGKGKGKGKK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Braveheart (Corporate)	tartans-authority

GRGRGKRBRBRBRBRBRKGRGRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		MacDonald	logan-1831

GRRRWRWRGRBRBRGRWRWRRRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Trost	register-of-tartans

KBKBKRKBKRKBKBKBYKYKRKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Zibrant	register-of-tartans

KBKRWRWRWRWRWRWBWBWBWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.15		Gullane	register-of-tartans

KRGRKBRGRKRBKRKRGRBKRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Cumming Hunting	register-of-tartans

KWKGKGBRGRGRGRGRBGKGKYK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Wood Dress	register-of-tartans

KWRKYWYKGWKRYGWGYKWBKWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		MacLeod of Gesto #2	register-of-tartans

RBRBRBRWRGRGRGRYRBRBRBR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.05		Fox, Red	register-of-tartans

RBRWYYWYYWRWYYWYYWRYYBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		B & Q (Corporate)	tartans-authority

RGRGRBRWRGRWRWRGRWRGRWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		MacAlister CC	weddslist

RKBWBWBWBWBGWGWGWGWGKRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Lachine	register-of-tartans

RKRKRKRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Starrett Company, L.S. (Corporate)	tartans-authority

RWBWBRBRBRBRBRBRBBWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Alabama (Provisional)	register-of-tartans

RWRKRGYKBKBRBKBKGYRKRWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.06		Cromdale	register-of-tartans

RWRWRRRWRRRWRRRWRYRYRWR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Glenorchy, Lord (Portrait)	tartans-authority

WBWBKBRBRBKGKBYKGKWBWBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Malcolm, Dress	register-of-tartans

WBWGWYWBWYWGWBWBWRWRGRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Lasting	register-of-tartans

WKWKBBBGBWBBBYBRBBBKWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Progress Blue Lodge (Corporate)	tartans-authority

WKWKWBWGWWWBWYWRWBWKWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Liberty, Egal'ty, Fratern'ty and Progress Blue Lodge	register-of-tartans

WRKRGKWKYKBRBKYKWKGRKRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Stewart	logan-1831

YKYKYKYKYKYKYKYKYKYKYKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Garwhal Rifles (Military)	tartans-authority