MacSporran
Bands: BRBRBRKGRGRKY · Stripes: DB R DB R DB R K DG R DG R K LY DB R DB R DB R K DG R DG R K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2764
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2764
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 495
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 495
Thread count
DB/32 R4 DB6 R8 DB36 R4 K32 DG32 R8 DG6 R4 K4 Y/20

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #D8B000 #D8B000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.06 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ryukoku University Heian JHS (Corp) — ΔT 0.81
- Stuart-Houghton (Personal) — ΔT 0.86
- Dryer (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- MacSporran Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 495. Earliest known date: 1978 Adopted by the Clan MacSporran Association in 1978 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.89
- MacDonell of Glengarry — ΔT 0.90
- MacDonell of Glengarry #2 — ΔT 0.94
- MacClellan — ΔT 0.96
- MacLellan Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 323. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Very similar to MacLaren See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.96
- Hargis (Name) — ΔT 0.98
- Macallan — ΔT 0.98
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.
ID: /setts/s13/db16r2db3r4db18r2k16dg16r4dg3r2k2ly10~x2/