Black Watch (smallest sett)
Bands: BKBKGK · Stripes: DB K DB K DG K DB K DB K DG K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5376
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5376
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3695
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DBa/4 K4 DBa24 K24 Ga24 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DBa | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #007800 #007800 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| Ga | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKay — ΔT 0.56
- MacKay — ΔT 0.67
- Morrison — ΔT 1.03
- Morrison — ΔT 1.07
- Fletcher — ΔT 1.18
- MacCallum — ΔT 1.18
- Fletcher C — ΔT 1.24
- Austin — ΔT 1.26
- Unnamed, No 54 — ΔT 1.26
- Scottish Airports — ΔT 1.28
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/s6/db1k1db6k6dg6k1~x4/