Bouncing Blackie (Personal)
Bands: BBBGBB · Stripes: DO DT DB DG DT DB DO DT DB DG DT DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5805
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5805
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7854
Thread count
DB/13 K13 DG21 DB34 K55 DR/3

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #14143C #14143C | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| DP | #440044 #440044 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| DR | #441800 #441800 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| K | #1C1C1C #1C1C1C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Phillips (Welsh Name) — ΔT 2.35
- ShadowHalls — ΔT 2.63
- Wicklow Irish County Tartan Tartan Number: 2265. Earliest known date: 1995 One of a series of Irish District tartans designed by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar, with colours reminiscent of the Country with soft warm colours dominating. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 2.89
- Deighan (Edinburgh) — ΔT 2.95
- Harmony 11 #2 — ΔT 3.10
- Hector, James — ΔT 3.23
- Bute Heather, Ancient Wth'd (Fashion — ΔT 3.30
- Heslop, William D Name Tartan Tartan Number: 10331. Earliest known date: 2011 This tartan was created for the Heslop family descended from William Douglas Heslop, who was born on 1st December 1857. His father, John Heslop was born in Lurdenlaw by Kelso in 1825 and his mother, Jessie Turnbull, was born in Jedburgh in 1826. They married in 1849 and sailed to the USA. The tartan may be worn by anyone with the surname Heslop. The copyright owner is William D Heslop. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 3.33
- de Meuron (Neuchâtel) Day, The — ΔT 3.58
- Harmony, 12 — ΔT 3.67
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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