Dress
A tartan of the Dress family.
Its design is pattern BWKBBWG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Unofficial alternative for US Marines, colours echoing the Dress Blue uniform in matching ratios.
The Dress tartan groups 2 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dress ★ | DR/8 LB32 K6 DB88 DR2 W6 Y/4 | 280 | 2012 | |
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| Blue (Fashion) | 0.06 | R/8 LB32 K6 DB88 R2 W6 LY/4 | 280 | 2012 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Dress Blue
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.
