Alexander of Menstry Dress
Bands: BWYKBGBG · Stripes: DB W LR K DP G DP G DB W LR K DP G DP G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=48
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2005 — Alexander of Menstry Dress (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2005 — Alexander of Menstry Dress (Personal (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 48
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6716
Thread count
DB/10 W60 N18 K18 P18 G4 P4 G/10

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 |
| N | #A0A0A0 #A0A0A0 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dignan — ΔT 0.78
- Gillies, Blue dress — ΔT 0.93
- Hebridean Arisaid, Red/White (Dance) — ΔT 0.93
- Gillies Dress Blue #1 (Dance) — ΔT 0.95
- Edinburgh Dress (Dance) — ΔT 0.97
- Edinburgh, dress — ΔT 0.97
- Alberta Dress — ΔT 0.99
- Edgar-Feyen (Personal) — ΔT 1.04
- Gillies, dress Blue — ΔT 1.05
- Christian Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
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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