MacKenzie Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 267. Earliest known date: 1778 The MacKenzie is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, who were raised by MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, in 1778. The clan held lands in Ross-shire and around Muir of Ord, but in the 12th century, they were removed to Wester Ross, (Kintail). The chiefly line of Kintail died out (as prophecisied by the Brahan Seer) and the MacKenzies of Cromarty were recognised as Chiefs of the Clan. Wilson's 1819 pattern book records various widths and weights of cloth suitable for the different ranks in the regiment. The 'hard' tartan of the period was known to cut the legs of the private soldiers. There is a certified sample in the Highland Society of London collection signed by Mrs MacKenzie of Seaforth (1816). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Bands: BKBKBKGKWKGKBKR · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K G K W K G K DB K R DB K DB K DB K G K W K G K DB K R
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=267
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
- Cumbernauld District Tartan Tartan Number: 1566. Earliest known date: 1987 The Cumbernauld tartan is the same as the MacKenzie, except for a change in the colour scheme. Ancient green was incorporated with modern blue, black and red to represent a new thriving community, proud of its heritage. Cumbernauld is one of Scotlands new towns. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
- MacKenzie Hunting (Green)
- MacKenzie MINI Clan Miniature Tartan Tartan Number: 2677. Earliest known date: 1778 Generated for Dupion Silk Stock list for display purpose. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Thread count
DB/24 K4 DB4 K4 DB4 K24 G24 K2 LN6 K2 G24 K24 DB24 K2 R/6
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Campbell of Loudoun Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 3. Earliest known date: 1886 The rarest of the Campbell tartans, Loudoun is nevertheless, acknowledged by the MacCailein Mor, Chief of the Clan Campbell. It is similar to the Campbell of Argyll except for a different arrangement of black 'tramlines' on the blue stripe. The tartan may have its origin in the formation of 'Loudouns Highlanders' raised at the time of the '45 and disbanded in 1748 though a similar claim is made for another sett. The weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, produced many variations of the Black Watch, for the Highland regiments, by adding coloured stripes to the basic pattern. The sett was not published until 1886 when James Grant included it in 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland' published by W and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.37
- MacKenzie Hunting (Green) — ΔT 0.47
- Loch Carron — ΔT 0.48
- Dyce #2 — ΔT 0.51
- Baillie (William Wilson) — ΔT 0.57
- Mackenzie — ΔT 0.59
- Stephenson Hunting Tartan Tartan Number: 770. Earliest known date: 1981 Based on an old and un-named sett in the records of Messrs Bolingbroke and Jones of Norwich, prior to 1870. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.61
- MacDonell of Glengarry - 1914 (Clan) — ΔT 0.61
- MacRae Hunting (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.62
- Campbell of Loudoun — ΔT 0.62
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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