Bell's Whisky (SA)
Bands: GWGKGKGKBKBY · Stripes: DG LB DG K DG K DG K N K N LO DG LB DG K DG K DG K N K N LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3906
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/08/2001 — Bell's Whisky (SA) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2001 August — Bell's Whisky (SA) (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3906
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6908
Thread count
DY/6 Na6 K6 Na48 K36 G6 K6 G6 K6 G36 N4 G/20

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #005030 #005030 | G #006100 | 0.08 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #D0D0D0 #D0D0D0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
| Na | #784878 #784878 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonald of Clanranald — ΔT 0.59
- MacDonell of Glengarry — ΔT 0.61
- MacLaren (labelled) — ΔT 0.64
- MacNeil of Colonsay (Highland Society of London) — ΔT 0.69
- Unnamed C20th - Unregistered Error — ΔT 0.75
- Stewart of Appin Htg (Clan) — ΔT 0.76
- Campbell of Loudoun — ΔT 0.79
- MacDonald of Clanranald #2 — ΔT 0.79
- 78th Regiment (Highlanders) (Mil.) — ΔT 0.80
- MacDonell of Glengarry - 1914 (Clan) — ΔT 0.82
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/s12/dg10lb2dg18k3dg3k3dg3k18n24k3n3lo3~x2/