MacDonald #8
Bands: GRGRGKRKRKRK · Stripes: DG R DG R DG K R K R K R K DG R DG R DG K R K R K R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2341
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2341
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 874
Thread count
G/10 R2 G2 R10 G12 K14 R2 K14 R8 K2 R2 K/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDiarmid #3 — ΔT 1.17
- 42nd Regiment (Musicians) (Mil.) — ΔT 1.21
- Tyndrum District Tartan Tartan Number: 1128. Earliest known date: 1983 Tyndrum is a village in northwest Perthshire on the rail line between Glasgow and Fort William. Specimen seen in Mairi MacIntyre's shop, Fort William 1983. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.23
- Black Watch (Band Plaid) — ΔT 1.26
- MacDonald 6 — ΔT 1.29
- Skene D — ΔT 1.31
- O'Neill (District) — ΔT 1.33
- Grant of Monymusk — ΔT 1.38
- Matheson N — ΔT 1.38
- Matheson N — ΔT 1.38
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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