Campbell, 42nd Dress (Balhousie)
Bands: BKBKGKGKWBWKW · Stripes: B K B K G K G K W B W K W B K B K G K G K W B W K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=531
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Campbell, 42nd Dress (Balhousie) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Campbell, 42nd Dress (Military) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 531
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 20
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 20
Thread count
B/4 K2 B16 K14 Ga16 K4 Ga16 K14 LN6 B6 LN30 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 | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| Ga | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes Dress — ΔT 0.75
- Campbell, 42nd dress — ΔT 0.91
- Campbell, The 42nd Dress — ΔT 0.97
- Murray of Atholl Dress — ΔT 1.02
- Dinarzh: (Fashion) — ΔT 1.05
- Lochalsh (Fashion) — ΔT 1.20
- Campbell, Forty Second — ΔT 1.23
- Tommy — ΔT 1.26
- Bannockbane Tan — ΔT 1.30
- Spirit of Pakistan, The — ΔT 1.31
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/w3k2w15b3w3k7g8k2g8k7b8k1b2~x2/