Livingstone Dress
Bands: BWKWKYKWKWKWKWKY · Stripes: DB W K W K LY K W K W K W K W K LY DB W K W K LY K W K W K W K W K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2136
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Livingstone Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Livingstone Dress (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2136
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 650
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 650
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/108 W6 K6 W6 K4 Y6 K4 W40 K6 W6 K8 W6 K8 W8 K4 Y/8

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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Livingston, dress — ΔT 1.17
- Anderson Blue — ΔT 1.36
- Carsaig — ΔT 1.45
- Lesotho — ΔT 1.46
- Angus Dress 1992 (Dance) — ΔT 1.49
- Tiger of Sweden — ΔT 1.50
- Florida — ΔT 1.62
- Friends of Scotland Caucus — ΔT 1.72
- Kiltwalk — ΔT 1.74
- Finnish — ΔT 1.75
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/s16/db54w3k3w3k2ly3k2w20k3w3k4w3k4w4k2ly4~x2/