Menzies Mauve and White
Bands: BWKWKWKW · Stripes: DP W K W K W K W DP W K W K W K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2930
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- undated — Menzies Mauve and White (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Menzies Mauve Dress Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 648. Earliest known date: c.1870 STS collection. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2930
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 648
Thread count
LN/19 K3 LN5 K3 LN11 K4 LN10 P/120

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| P | #5A008C #5A008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Menzies, Mauve and White — ΔT 1.09
- Baker Family Tartan Tartan Number: 613. Earliest known date: pre 2003 STS notes 'Sample in trade specimens file.' See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.78
- Angotta — ΔT 1.91
- Baker Dress Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2180. Earliest known date: 1999 STS notes 'Sample in trade specimens file.' See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.95
- Tennessee Pioneer Blanket — ΔT 1.95
- George, Stuart (Personal) — ΔT 1.99
- Antigonish — ΔT 2.03
- Baker — ΔT 2.05
- Auchtermuchty Tartan Army — ΔT 2.09
- Balmer (Personal) — ΔT 2.09
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/s8/dp120w10k4w11k3w5k3w19/