Balnagowan (Harrods)
In pattern GRGRGKGKGRYRGY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=187
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/09/2002 — Balnagowan (Harrods) (register-of-tartans, record)
- May 2003 — Balnagown (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
T/4 DO14 T6 R4 T6 K10 T8 K10 T40 R2 Y4 R2 T6 Y/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO | #B84C00 #B84C00 | R #C80000 | 0.08 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Ainslie #2 — ΔT 0.65
- MacQuarrie 1 — ΔT 1.01
- MacClure Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 3330. Earliest known date: pre 2002 Designed by Phil Smith for all MacClures. (note by Phil Smith Sept 2004) and originally woven by D C Dalgliesh. MacClures and MacLures are a sept of MacLeod. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.18
- MacDonald of Glencoe — ΔT 1.20
- Leach (1995) — ΔT 1.20
- MacMaster Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 3493. Earliest known date: 1986 Designed by Phil Smith in 1986 for all of the names MacMaster, MacMasters etc. See MacMasters Canada. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.20
- MacQuarrie #2 — ΔT 1.26
- MacCall Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2238. Earliest known date: 2000 Originally designed for a wedding in the McCall family in Aberdeen, and permission was given for anyone of the name to wear it. It was designed by John C McCall & M McCall who are related to Nancy McCall the former owner of McCall's of Aberdeen (01224 405300). MacCall Chieftain is a Peter J.D. MacCall of Birkenshaw who is believed to be elderly and living with a daughter in Lockerbie (October 2002). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.29
- MacDonald of Lochmaddy — ΔT 1.30
- Glen Nevis #2 (Personal) — ΔT 1.30
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/s14/y6g6r2y4r2g40k10g8k10g6r4g6ra14g4-g604000-k101010-rc80000-rab84c00-ye8c000/