Murray of Atholl Dress
In pattern RBKGRGKWBWBW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=3064
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1880 — Murray of Atholl Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1880 — Murray of Atholl Dress - 1880 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DR/4 DB20 K12 G20 DR4 G20 K12 LN8 DB8 LN32 DB2 LN/10

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 #2C4084 | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #C80000 | 0.14 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes - 1970 (WCWM #1) — ΔT 0.86
- Campbell Dress Artifact Tartan Tartan Number: 20. Earliest known date: 1880 A sample is displayed at the Black Watch museum. However, it was never worn as a regimental tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.94
- Campbell, 42nd Dress (Balhousie) — ΔT 1.02
- MacKenzie Dress #2 — ΔT 1.08
- Campbell, 42nd dress — ΔT 1.09
- Lochalsh (Fashion) — ΔT 1.11
- Murray Dress Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1363. Earliest known date: 1984 A simplified version of the Murray of Atholl. The Cockburn collection housed in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, is one of the earliest references for clan tartans. James Logan, in his book, The Scottish Gael (1831), wrote concerning the Black Watch, that "...a red stripe is often introduced", and this by Lord Murray who commanded the regiment. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.12
- Antigonish Centennial — ΔT 1.12
- Murray, dress White — ΔT 1.12
- MacRobart Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2399. Earliest known date: June 1997 Dress version for personal and family use based on original design by Michael Owen Holder (# 2388). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.18
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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