Cranston Dress
Bands: GGBRBRBR · Stripes: G G DB R DB R DB R G G DB R DB R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=794
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Cranston Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- pe 2002 — Cranston Dress (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 794
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 753
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 753
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
Ga/6 G26 DB14 R6 DB4 R2 DB4 R/30

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Logan, with Yellow — ΔT 0.41
- Cranston, dress — ΔT 0.44
- Logan with Yellow — ΔT 0.49
- Logan #3 — ΔT 0.51
- Logan Light — ΔT 0.56
- Logan, Light — ΔT 0.57
- McCook/Cook (Name) — ΔT 0.72
- MacKintosh, Geddes — ΔT 0.73
- Logan - 1819 (with yellow) — ΔT 0.75
- MacKintosh Geddes — ΔT 0.76
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/r15db2r1db2r3db7g13g3~x2/