Menzies of Culdares
In pattern KRKRKRW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5223
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1860 — Menzies of Culdares (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1860 — Menzies of Culdares (Artefact) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5223
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3467
Thread count
K/8 DR4 K44 DR44 K6 DR8 LP/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dunbar (District) — ΔT 1.29
- Gallmore (Fashion) — ΔT 1.29
- Eglington — ΔT 1.29
- Cameron Black & Red (Dress) — ΔT 1.42
- Perthshire Tourist Board (Corporate) — ΔT 1.45
- Hungerford RFC — ΔT 1.47
- Breckon (Name) — ΔT 1.56
- MacDonald of Sleat — ΔT 1.59
- Rajput — ΔT 1.60
- Hungerford RFC (Corporate) — ΔT 1.62
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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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