Scottish Heather
Bands: BBGBBKBBW · Stripes: DB P G DP DB K DB DP W DB P G DP DB K DB DP W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3720
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 02/10/2001 — Scottish Heather (register-of-tartans, record)
- Oct. 2001 — Scottish Heather (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Scottish Heather (Fashion) Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 3909. Earliest known date: Oct. 2001 Designed for Houston Kiltmakers of Paisley. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3720
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3909
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2859
Thread count
DBa/2 Pa2 G6 DP12 DBa4 DBb64 DBa4 DP24 LN/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DBb | #00002C #00002C | K #000000 | 0.16 |
| DP | #440044 #440044 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| Pa | #9058D8 #9058D8 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Heart of Scotland (Fashion) — ΔT 1.09
- Scotland the Brave — ΔT 1.11
- Buckie — ΔT 1.22
- Incorporation of Weavers (Glasgow) — ΔT 1.28
- Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial — ΔT 1.28
- Bavidge — ΔT 1.36
- Scotland the Brave (Fashion) — ΔT 1.38
- Heart of Scotland Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 4230. Earliest known date: 1999 October 1999. Designed by Lochcarron of Scotland for 'Gavin' Kiltmaker. They use it for their hire kilts. Colour checked against sample. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.39
- Silverton Family (Basingstoke) — ΔT 1.45
- Scottish Pride (Fashion) — ΔT 1.47
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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