MacDonald Lord of the Isles
Bands: BWBWBWBWBWGWG · Stripes: DB W DB W DB W DB W DB W DG W DG DB W DB W DB W DB W DB W DG W DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2348
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2348
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 618
Thread count
B/24 LN2 B4 LN4 B4 LN2 B2 LN2 B4 LN4 G4 LN2 G/48

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonald Lord of the Isles Portrait Tartan Tartan Number: 618. Earliest known date: pre 1893 From a painting in Armadale Castle, discovered by D. W. Stewart for his book, 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' published in 1893. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.61
- MacDonald, Lord of the Isles Hunting #2 — ΔT 0.95
- MacDonald, Lord of the Isles — ΔT 1.00
- MacDonald Lord of the Isles Hunting — ΔT 1.23
- General Choi — ΔT 1.23
- Kelso (Fashion) — ΔT 1.25
- Agincourt — ΔT 1.29
- McKirgan/Mackirgan — ΔT 1.34
- MacDonald Lord of the Isles Hunting — ΔT 1.36
- MacAuliffe Name Tartan Tartan Number: 2839. Earliest known date: 2005 The MacAuliffes are Irish in origin, being a branch of the powerful MacCarthys. The MacAuliffe's are descended from Auliffe Alainn (Humphrey the Dandy) MacCarthy, the son of Donough MacCarthy, the son of Murcharch MacCarthy, the son of Teige MacCarthy, who was King of Desmond (south Munster) from 1118 to 1124. The tartan is available from House of Tartan, Scotland. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.44
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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