University of Dundee
Bands: BRRYRBBYBW · Stripes: DB O R LO R DB DB LO DB W DB O R LO R DB DB LO DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4403
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2007 — University of Dundee (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2007 — University of Dundee (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4403
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 7169
Thread count
DB/10 N8 R12 DY2 R18 DBa70 DB10 DY2 DB24 LN/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DBa | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.16 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cumnock Hunting (District) — ΔT 0.80
- Holyrood Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 98. Earliest known date: 1980 Holyrood is the Scottish equivalent of Buckingham Palace, the Queens official residence in Scotland. She is guarded by 'The Royal Company of Archers', a non military force provided by the chiefs of the clans. A sample of the Holyrood tartan was presented to the Scottish Tartans Society by Lochcarron Weavers in 1980. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.15
- Pride of Scotland — ΔT 1.16
- Scottish Pride (Fashion) — ΔT 1.21
- Heather (NSPCC) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.24
- Accenture — ΔT 1.29
- Sidey Dress Tartan (Name) — ΔT 1.29
- Scragg, Moran (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
- Fremont Presbyterian Church (P) — ΔT 1.38
- Scotland the Brave (Fashion) — ΔT 1.42
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.
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