MacKinlay Dress
Bands: RKBKWKWKWKGKRKGKWKWKWKWKWKBKR · Stripes: R K DB K LB K LB K LB K G K R K G K LB K LB K LB K LB K LB K DB K R R K DB K LB K LB K LB K G K R K G K LB K LB K LB K LB K LB K DB K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 29 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2541
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacKinlay Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacKinlay Dress (Clan?) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2541
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4564
Thread count
DR/4 K2 DB16 K12 N16 K4 N4 K4 N16 K12 G16 K2 DR4 K2 G16 K12 N4 K4 N4 K4 N12 K4 N4 K4 N4 K12 DB16 K2 DR/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 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Campbell #2 — ΔT 0.76
- Scottish National Dress District Tartan Tartan Number: 2160. Earliest known date: 1994 In 1934 The National Association of Scottish Woollen Manufacturers designed a tartan they named 'National'. In 1994 Highland clothiers, McCalls of Aberdeen, designed and registered a tartan they called the 'National Dress' which appears to have retained some elements of the original design. The 'Dress' tartan was registered as a patented design, No. 601292, on 22nd March 1994. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.88
- Campbell of Loch Neil Dress — ΔT 0.90
- Colquhoun Dress — ΔT 0.99
- Argyle Dress — ΔT 1.01
- Campbell of Loch Neil Dress Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1963. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Sample 1984 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.02
- MacDonell of Glengarry Dress — ΔT 1.10
- MacKenzie Dress #4 — ΔT 1.12
- Black Watch Dress (Asymmetrical) — ΔT 1.12
- Campbell of Loch Neil, dress — ΔT 1.12
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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