Iowa Dress
Bands: RYWKGBKWKBGKWY · Stripes: R LY W K G DB K W K DB G K W LY R LY W K G DB K W K DB G K W LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1851
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1851
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6382
Thread count
R/8 Y6 W24 K32 G10 DB40 K8 W4 K8 DB40 G10 K32 W24 Y/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scottish Bear (Mathan Albannach) — ΔT 0.89
- Redgate in Connecticut (Ulster-Scots) — ΔT 0.92
- Land's End (Unnamed Maroon) (Personal) — ΔT 0.98
- Anderson-Moffat (Personal) — ΔT 1.06
- Unidentified 29 — ΔT 1.07
- Auchinachie — ΔT 1.07
- Farquharson Dress — ΔT 1.10
- Highfield Dress (Name) — ΔT 1.10
- MacKenzie Dress — ΔT 1.12
- Unidentified #18 — ΔT 1.15
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/s14/r4ly3w12k16g5db20k4w2k4db20g5k16w12ly3~x2/