MacDonald of Boisdale
Bands: RWBWRGGGRGGGRWBWRWBWR · Stripes: R LB DB LB R G G G R G G G R LB DB LB R LB DB LB R R LB DB LB R G G G R G G G R LB DB LB R LB DB LB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 21 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2350
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1800 — MacDonald of Boisdale (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1800-1810 — MacDonald of Boisdale (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2350
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1668
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1668
Thread count
R/32 N2 DB14 N2 R8 G2 Ga14 G2 R8 G2 Ga32 G2 R52 N2 DB68 N2 R12 N2 DB14 N2 R/32

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 |
| G | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| Ga | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonald of Boisdale — ΔT 0.52
- MacDougall Plaid — ΔT 0.83
- Royal Bahrain (Royal) — ΔT 0.89
- Unidentified #14 — ΔT 0.89
- MacDougall, Plaid — ΔT 0.91
- MacDougall (Paton) — ΔT 0.94
- MacDougal — ΔT 0.98
- MacDougall - 1970 (H of E) — ΔT 1.07
- Stewart of Ardshiel - 1816 (Clan) — ΔT 1.11
- Bahrain, Royal — ΔT 1.11
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/s21/r16lb1db7lb1r6lb1db34lb1r26g1g16g1r4g1g7g1r4lb1db7lb1r16~x2/