Menzies (1815)
Bands: RWRWRWRW · Stripes: R W R W R W R W R W R W R W R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2923
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1815 — Menzies (1815) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1815 — Menzies 1815 - Cockburn (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2923
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1699
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1699
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/144 W16 R12 W16 R24 W8 R4 W/48

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Menzies — ΔT 0.53
- Menzies Dress — ΔT 0.94
- Masai Shuka 08 (Artefact) — ΔT 1.34
- MacGregor - 2005 (Black - Personal) — ΔT 1.50
- Valour — ΔT 1.92
- Davet (2014) — ΔT 1.94
- Menzies Dress — ΔT 1.95
- Menzies Dress — ΔT 1.95
- Davet (2014) — ΔT 2.00
- Loughheed (Personal) — ΔT 2.05
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/r36w4r3w4r6w2r1w12~x4/