MacBeth Dress (Clan)
Bands: WBWBYBKWKWKGRKRW · Stripes: W DB W DB LO DB K W K W K G R K R W W DB W DB LO DB K W K W K G R K R W
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 16 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/3319/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 1989 — MacBeth Dress (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — MacBeth Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5181
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3319
Thread count
LN/4 DB4 LN56 DB16 DY8 DB24 K4 LN4 K4 LN4 K4 G16 DR12 K4 DR12 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 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| 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.
- Spirit of Romania — ΔT 0.80
- Gayre Arisaidh — ΔT 0.83
- MacLean, dress Burgundy — ΔT 0.85
- Gayre, Arisaidh — ΔT 0.86
- Royal Stewart, (Variant) — ΔT 0.89
- Haymarket Dress (Dance) — ΔT 0.90
- Royal Stuart/Stewart (Variant) — ΔT 0.93
- Stewart of Appin Dress — ΔT 0.98
- Cockburn of Ormiston Dress — ΔT 0.98
- Lashbrooke of Barrowfield (Personal) — ΔT 0.99
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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