Allison (MacBean and Bishop)
Bands: BKBKGKGKYKBRKW · Stripes: DB K DB K DG K DG K LY K T R K W DB K DB K DG K DG K LY K T R K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=59
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 59
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2799
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/6 K4 B24 K36 G28 K4 G28 K16 Y4 K16 Ba8 R8 K4 LN/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| Ba | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Alison / Allison — ΔT 0.08
- Allison (MacGregor-Hastie) — ΔT 0.61
- Allison Family Tartan Tartan Number: 314. Earliest known date: 1880 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. First recorded in the Clans Originaux in 1880. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.80
- Iowa — ΔT 0.98
- Iowa American District Tartan Tartan Number: 6051. Earliest known date: 2004 Iowa has a rich history of Scottish influence in the towns and cities. The Iowa Scottish Heritage Society desired to give to the people of Iowa a tartan that symbolizes the state. Blue for the sky, rivers & lakes, Green for the fields our farmers plant. Black for the rich soil for which we are blessed. White for the snow. Red for the barns and the wild rose. Brown for the earth. Yellow for corn and the Goldfinch. Adopted by the State of Iowa General Assembly, resolution No 149 by Heaton & Whitaker. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.98
- Malcolm (1840) — ΔT 1.09
- Wilson's No.225 — ΔT 1.10
- MacInnes — ΔT 1.12
- Gow Hunting Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1893. Earliest known date: pre 2003 MacDonells of Keppoch are an independant branch of Clan Donald. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.13
- Rust (Personal) — ΔT 1.15
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.
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