Cates Dress
Bands: RKYKBYKRKRWY · Stripes: R K LY K N LY K R K R W LY R K LY K N LY K R K R W LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5928
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5928
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6834
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3140
Thread count
R/2 K2 Y2 K10 N40 Y14 K40 R18 K40 R4 LN2 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| N | #505050 #505050 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cates Dress (Clan) — ΔT 0.43
- Watson-Kirby (Personal) — ΔT 0.53
- Model T Ford (Corporate) — ΔT 0.91
- Ruxton — ΔT 0.93
- MacDonald of Glenaladale - 1772 (Cla — ΔT 0.97
- El Dorado Hills P & D (Corporate) — ΔT 1.12
- Unidentified #53 — ΔT 1.14
- Clyde Valley HOG — ΔT 1.16
- Unidentified Fashion — ΔT 1.20
- Haileybury Pipe Band (Corporate) — ΔT 1.21
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/s12/ly2w1r2k20r9k20ly7n20k5ly1k1r1~x2/