Manx Dress
Bands: GBYBWG · Stripes: G DB LY DP W G G DB LY DP W G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2814
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1981 — Manx Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- undated — Manx Dress District Tartan Tartan Number: 748. Earliest known date: 1984. Sample loaned by Dr. D.G. Teall in 1985 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2814
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 748
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 748
Thread count
G/8 DB34 Y4 P16 LN56 G/8

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 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Manx, dress — ΔT 0.36
- Shiel, Purple (Dance) — ΔT 0.82
- Afternoon Tea / Earl Grey — ΔT 0.87
- St. Andrews Dress, Earl of (Danc — ΔT 0.90
- Shiel, Magenta (Dance) — ΔT 0.92
- Davidson (Wedding) (Personal) — ΔT 0.94
- Ferguson Dress — ΔT 0.95
- Ferguson, dress — ΔT 0.96
- Allanton Dress (Fashion) — ΔT 0.96
- St Andrews, Earl of, dress — ΔT 0.97
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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