32 bands tartan setts

March 18, 2023 3 min 39 s

34 setts across 33 tartans with 32 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).

BKBKBKGRGRGRGKBKBKBKGYGYGYGKBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		Gordon 6	weddslist
0.06		Gordon #4	register-of-tartans

BBGBGBGBGBRBYBGBGBGBGBBBGRGWGRGB

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Franconian	register-of-tartans

BGBGBKRBRBRGBKBGBKBGRBRBRKBGBGBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Lumsden Green Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2366. Earliest known date: 1997 Designed by Peter MacDonald at the request of David Lumsden of Cushnie to provide a hunting tartan for the clan. Can be worn by all in the Lumsden clan ( House of Lumsden). Medium green used here to show graphic instead of required dark green. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

BGRKWKBKBKBKWKBGBGBKWKBKBKBKWKRG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Selkirk, New	register-of-tartans

BKBKBKGKGKBKBKBKBKBKBKKKGKBKBKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Hawick Dress (District)	tartans-authority

BKBKGYGYGYGKBKBKBKBKBKGYGYGYGKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Gordon of Esselmont	register-of-tartans

BKBKRKBKWKBKYKBKRKBKYKBKWKBKRKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Kilburnie	register-of-tartans

BKGKGKBRKRKRGKBKGKBKGRKRKRBKGKGK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Stewart of Bute	register-of-tartans

BKYKWKGRWWBKWKYKBKYKWKGRWRGKWKYK

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

BRBRBRBRBRKGRGRGRGRGKWBWKRKWBWKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		MacDonald Dress	register-of-tartans

BRBRBRBRBRKGRGRGRGRGKWKWKRKWKWKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		MacDonald, dress	weddslist

BRGRBRGRGRGRGRBRGRBRGRGRGRGRBRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.03		Na Fir Dileas (Corporate)	tartans-authority

BRKGWBGRGGKWKWKGGRGBWGKRBGKWKWKG

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.14		Special 1	register-of-tartans

BWBWBWRWYRYGYWRWBWBWBWRWGRGYGWRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		New Elgin Primary School	register-of-tartans

GBKBKBKBGBGBGYGKGYGBGBGBKBKBKBGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Kennedy #3	register-of-tartans

GBKBKBKBWBGBWGWKWGWBGBWBKBKBKBGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Kennedy Dress	register-of-tartans

GKBKGKBKYKYKBKGKBKGKBKYKYKBKGKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Weir	register-of-tartans

GRGBGBGBGBGBGBGRGYGBGBGBGBGBGBGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.05		Summers Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2179. Earliest known date: 19th C A fragment of this tartan was found in an old bible belonging to the Summers family which may have arrived in the US when the family emigrated in the early 18th C. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGYRYGRGRGRGRGRGRGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.02		Hebrides, Outer	register-of-tartans

GRGWGRGKBKGKGKGKGKYKRKGKGBGKGKBK

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		Franconian	weddslist

GWGWRGYGYGYGYGRYGYGYGYGYGYRWGWGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		Strathearn Dress (Fashion?)	tartans-authority

GYBWRWBWBWBWRWBYGYGWYWBWYWGYGYGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Henry (2016)	register-of-tartans

GYGRBWRBRWBRGRBWRWBRGRBWRBRWBRGY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.08		King George IV	register-of-tartans

GYGRGRGBKBKBKBGYGBKBKBKBGRGRGYGR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		King Edward VII	register-of-tartans

KGKGKYKBRBKWKGKBKGKWKBRBKYKGKGKR

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.09		Duncan of Sketraw Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 6497. Earliest known date: 2005 January A modified version of an unidentified tartan No. 331 from the 1930s. This new version is for John Duncan of Sketraw, and is approved by the Clan Duncan Society See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015	house-of-tartan

KRKWKBWBKBWBKWKRKWKBWRKBWBKWKRKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.11		McLosek (Personal)	register-of-tartans

KWBWKWKBKBKWBWKWKWBWKBKBKWKWBWKW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.16		Clergy (Logan) (Corporate)	tartans-authority

RBWYWBRWRBWGWBRWRBWGWBRWRBWYWBRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Jacobite (1712)	register-of-tartans

RWBYGGBYWYBGGYBWRWBYGGBYWYBGGYBW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.10		Spens Fragment	register-of-tartans

RWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRWRW

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.04		Boy Scouts of Canada (Corporate)	tartans-authority

RYRBBGBYBGBWBBRYRYRBBWBGBYBGBBRY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.07		Stevens (Personal)	register-of-tartans

WKGYGYGYGKGGGGGGGKGKBWKGKWKGKWKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.12		Whiskey & Bourbon	register-of-tartans

WKGYGYGYGKGYGYGYGKYKBBKYKBKYKWKY

ΔT	Stripes	Tartan	Source
0.13		Whiskey & Bourbon (Corporate)	tartans-authority