Gordon Dress (1965)
Bands: BKBKGYGKWBWBW · Stripes: DB K DB K G LO G K W DB W DB W DB K DB K G LO G K W DB W DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5263
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5263
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3592
Thread count
DB/8 K8 DB20 K20 G24 DY4 G24 K20 LN8 DB8 LN32 DB6 LN/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gordon Dress — ΔT 0.29
- Gordon Dress Tartan Tartan Number: 294. Earliest known date: pre 2003 No source given See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.38
- Gordon Dress #2 — ΔT 0.81
- MacKenzie Dress - 1950 (Clan) — ΔT 0.82
- Manderson — ΔT 0.83
- Scottish National Dress — ΔT 0.86
- Land's End (Unnamed Maroon) (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- Murray, dress White — ΔT 0.95
- MacKenzie Dress — ΔT 1.02
- Sutherland, dress — ΔT 1.02
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/s13/db4k4db10k10g12lo2g12k10w4db4w16db3w2~x2/