Campbell, The 42nd Dress
Bands: KBKBKBKGKGKWBWBWBWBW · Stripes: K B K B K B K G K G K W B W B W B W B W K B K B K B K G K G K W B W B W B W B W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 20 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=537
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Campbell, The 42nd Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Campbell, The 42nd Dress (Military) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 537
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 22
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 22
Thread count
K/16 B20 K4 B4 K4 B20 K16 G22 K4 G22 K16 W4 B4 W28 B2 W6 B2 W28 B4 W/4

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 | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes Dress — ΔT 0.83
- Campbell, Forty Second — ΔT 0.83
- Campbell, 42nd Dress (Balhousie) — ΔT 0.97
- Gordon Dress (Original) — ΔT 1.19
- Lauder Dress — ΔT 1.23
- Gordon Dress (Clan) — ΔT 1.23
- Lauder — ΔT 1.26
- Campbell, 42nd dress — ΔT 1.27
- Lochalsh (Fashion) — ΔT 1.30
- Gordon dress — ΔT 1.30
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/s20/k8b10k2b2k2b10k8g11k2g11k8w2b2w14b1w3b1w14b2w2~x2/