Culloden, Blue Dress (Dance)
In pattern WBWBWBBY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=831
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1997 — Culloden, Blue Dress (Dance) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1997 — Culloden Dress, Blue (Dance) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
W/12 DB6 W50 DB44 W6 B46 DB8 Y/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F4F4F0 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Culloden Blue Dress Fancy Tartan Tartan Number: 1792. Earliest known date: 1980 One of a number of dress tartans produced by Hugh Macpherson, a kiltmaker in Edinburgh, intended for dancing and other informal occassions. The 'dress' version of clan tartan is usually created by substituting white for one of the 'ground' colours. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.42
- Strathclyde District Tartan Tartan Number: 1072. Earliest known date: 1975 The navy blue and white are said to represent the 'Scottish Sporting Colours'. This sett is also produced with light blue in place of white. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.57
- Culloden, Blue dress — ΔT 0.59
- Conquergood (Name) — ΔT 0.72
- Strathclyde 1975 (District) — ΔT 0.93
- Cercle de Fermières de Saint-Élie d'Orford — ΔT 0.95
- Poulter SG 104 (Fashion) — ΔT 1.20
- Strathclyde (Official) — ΔT 1.21
- Poulter Sonic — ΔT 1.26
- Earl of St. Andrews Dress — ΔT 1.27
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/s8/y16b8ba46w6b44w50b6w12-b2c2c80-ba5c8ca8-wfcfcfc-ye8c000/