Sutherland, Dress Royal (Dance)
Bands: GWKBKBKBRBRBRBKBKBKW · Stripes: G W K DB K DB K DB R DB R DB R DB K DB K DB K W G W K DB K DB K DB R DB R DB R DB K DB K DB K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 20 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4048
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4048
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6528
Thread count
G/8 W96 K48 DB12 K8 DB8 K8 DB48 R4 DB4 R12 DB4 R4 DB48 K8 DB8 K8 DB12 K48 W/96

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Submariners (Unofficial) — ΔT 1.07
- Graham Dress — ΔT 1.14
- Stewart Dress Purple Dance Tartan Tartan Number: 6551. Earliest known date: pre 1992 A D C Dalgliesh Dance variation of Stewart. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.19
- Oromocto — ΔT 1.21
- MacKenzie Dress #3 — ΔT 1.21
- Florida — ΔT 1.21
- Sutherland Dress (Dance) — ΔT 1.22
- MacKenzie, dress — ΔT 1.25
- Beaufort — ΔT 1.27
- Cooper Dress (Dalgleish #2) (Dance) — ΔT 1.28
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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