Walker, Dress (Personal)
Bands: GWGWBRBRBRBY · Stripes: DY W DY W DB R DB R DB R DB LO DY W DY W DB R DB R DB R DB LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4479
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1993 — Walker, Dress (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1993 — Walker, Dress (Name) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4479
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2070
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2070
Thread count
DY/8 DB4 Ra14 DB30 Ra6 DB6 Ra6 DB14 LY56 T14 LY12 T/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DRa | #4C0000 #4C0000 | B #2A418A | 0.25 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| LY | #F0F0D8 #F0F0D8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.04 |
| R | #A00048 #A00048 | R #CC0000 | 0.12 |
| Ra | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Sutherland Dress, Old (Dance) — ΔT 0.75
- Sutherland, Dress — ΔT 0.90
- Stewart of Appin, dress — ΔT 0.95
- Walker Dress Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2070. Earliest known date: 1991 R.W.Hawks submitted this tartan via Phil Smith in January 1992. Hawks advised Oct. 1993 that he is agreeable for any Walkers to use this tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.96
- Culloden, dress Ancient — ΔT 0.97
- Stuart/Stewart of Appin Dress — ΔT 1.02
- MacKellar Dress, Cerise (Dance) — ΔT 1.03
- Unidentified (Fashion) — ΔT 1.04
- Bear Baars (Personal) — ΔT 1.06
- MacLean, dress Burgundy — ΔT 1.06
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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