Cunningham, Dress Blue (Dance)
Bands: BBKBWBW · Stripes: B DB K DB W DB W B DB K DB W DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=851
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — Cunningham, Dress Blue (Dance) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — Cunningham Dress, Blue (Dance) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 851
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4642
Thread count
B/6 DB4 K4 DB56 LN60 DB4 LN/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2474E8 #2474E8 | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cunningham, Dress Blue (Dance) Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 4642. Earliest known date: 01/01/2002 Like so many of the invented 'Dance' tartans this one is not known by the relevant Clan Cunningham Association (USA). /Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.68
- Eildon/Longniddry Blue Dress Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 4799. Earliest known date: 01/01/1980 A Dancers' Fancy from Dalgliesh. This appears under three different names - Longniddry #5486, Eildon #4799 and Harmony Eildon #87 (original Scottish Tartans Authority references). Needs resolving. Sample in Scottish Tartans Authority's Dalgety Collection. /Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.93
- Harmony Eildon (Dance) — ΔT 0.96
- Torridon, Saphire (Dance) — ΔT 0.96
- Harmony, Eildon — ΔT 1.15
- Ailsa, Royal Blue (Dance) — ΔT 1.20
- Longniddry Eildon Blue Dress Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 5486. Earliest known date: pre 1992 Dancers tartan See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.29
- Clemens and August (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
- Harris, Royal Blue (Dance) — ΔT 1.33
- Lord Arran (Corporate) — ΔT 1.39
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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