MacDonald Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 419. Earliest known date: 1810-15 This is oldest recorded version of the Clan sett. It varies slightly from those recorded by Logan, Smibert, Grant etc., but the motif is the same throughout. Of the nine independant branches of the Clan Donald, there are at least 27 different setts. It was not until 1947 that the MacDonalds again had a high chief, MacDhomnuill, who by tradition has the final word on the tartans of the clan. That right was granted to Alexander MacDonald of MacDonald whose son Godfrey is now the 8th Chief. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern BRBRBRKGRGRG.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 12 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=419
Thread count
DB/16 R2 DB4 R6 DB24 R2 K24 G24 R6 G4 R2 G/16
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 #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Murray of Atholl #3 — ΔT 0.62
- MacDonald — ΔT 0.62
- MacDonald #5 — ΔT 0.76
- Atholl — ΔT 0.81
- MacDonald #2 — ΔT 0.81
- Atholl (District) — ΔT 0.82
- Campbell of Breadalbane #2 — ΔT 0.82
- MacDonald #3 — ΔT 0.85
- Campbell of Breadalbane (Military) — ΔT 0.85
- Wilson's No.150 — ΔT 0.87
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/s12/b16r2b4r6b24r2k24g24r6g4r2g16-b2c2c80-g006818-k101010-rc80000/