Colquhoun Dress tartan
Dress tartan of Clan Colquhoun.
This dress sett has an unusually asymmetric thread count. The Scottish Tartans Society recorded, in a note dated 25 January 1984, that the tartan had been woven by Johnstons of Elgin around 1960 — making it a twentieth-century design rather than a historic one.
Thread count
RB20 K4 RB4 K4 RB20 K30 DW6 RB6 DW36 RB4 DR4 RB4 DW38 RB6 DW6 K30 DW4 G28 DR4 G28 DW4 K30Each letter is a colour and each number a count of threads. This sett has no pivots: it runs to the end and then repeats from the start.
Colours
- RB — Royal Blue
- K — Black
- DW — Off White
- DR — Dark Red
- G — Green
Shades follow the Register's palette for this entry. Woven cloth varies by mill and by colourway.
Get the kilt
When you order a kilt, ask for the tartan by its full name — for example “Colquhoun Dress” — and say which colourway you want. “Modern” is dark and strong, “ancient” is lighter, “weathered” is muted. The sett is the same in each.
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Wear the colours
Our own Colquhoun range is on its way: the name, the tartan and the motto on a heavyweight tee, a hoodie and a mug. About the shop.
