MacLeod of Skye (Johnston)
Bands: BKBKBKGKYKGKBR · Stripes: B K B K B K G K LY K G K B R B K B K B K G K LY K G K B R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2642
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1906 — MacLeod of Skye (Johnston) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1906 — MacLeod of Skye (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2642
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 263
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 263
Thread count
B/36 K4 B4 K4 B4 K28 G32 K4 Y8 K4 G32 K28 B32 R/8
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Dyce — ΔT 0.33
- Scotland's National Dress — ΔT 0.58
- Spar (UK) Ltd — ΔT 0.58
- Doon Valley Crafters (Corporate) — ΔT 0.59
- Mackenzie — ΔT 0.64
- Grant (Wilson's 1819 Key Pattern Book) — ΔT 0.67
- MacRae Hunting (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.71
- Morgan Mackenzie (Personal?) — ΔT 0.76
- Boston Pipe Band, Greater — ΔT 0.79
- Logan Rogers Hunting — ΔT 0.80
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/s14/b9k1b1k1b1k7g8k1ly2k1g8k7b8r2~x4/