Shiel, Purple (Dance)
In pattern WGBBWGW.
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 7 stripe tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/7583/
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- Shiel, Purple
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- March 2008 — Shiel, Purple (Dance) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Shiel Purple (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5607
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7583
Thread count
W/16 G10 B20 DP48 W60 G4 LP/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DP | #440044 #440044 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| LP | #C49CD8 #C49CD8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.25 |
| W | #F0E0C8 #F0E0C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Shiel, Magenta (Dance) — ΔT 0.46
- MacDuff Dress #5 — ΔT 0.67
- Manx, dress — ΔT 0.79
- Manx Dress — ΔT 0.82
- Manitoba Dress (1958) (District) — ΔT 0.85
- MacDuff dress — ΔT 0.86
- Shiel, Purple V2 (Dance) — ΔT 0.92
- Culloden, dress Ancient — ΔT 0.94
- Manx Laxey, dress green — ΔT 1.03
- MacNaughton Dress — ΔT 1.05
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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