Murray
Bands: BKBKGRGKBKBKBKBKBKGRGKBKB · Stripes: DB K DB K G R G K DB K DB K DB K DB K DB K G R G K DB K DB DB K DB K G R G K DB K DB K DB K DB K DB K G R G K DB K DB
This was sourced from logan-1831. It is a 25 band tartan.
Original link /posts/logans-scottish-gael/
Provenance
James Logan recorded the Murray sett in 1831, on page 407 of the Table of Clan Tartans in The Scottish Gaël — the earliest systematic published collection of clan setts. Logan gives the stripe widths in eighths of an inch, measured across the cloth and reflected about each end (a half-sett):
1 blue · 1 black · 6 blue · 6 black · 6 green · 2 red · 6 green · 6 black · 1 blue · 1 black · 1 blue · 1 black · 6 blue · 1 black · 1 blue · 1 black · 1 blue · 6 black · 6 green · 2 red · 6 green · 6 black · 6 blue · 1 black · 2 blue
In threads (at 8 to the eighth-inch) that is B/8 K8 B48 K48 G48 R16 G48 K48 B8 K8 B8 K8 B48 K8 B8 K8 B8 K48 G48 R16 G48 K48 B48 K8 B/16. Logan named his colours rather than dyeing to a standard, so the palette here is the Dictionary's modern reading of his names.
See Logan's Scottish Gaël for the full table and method.
Related setts
Later records of the Murray name adjusted Logan's counts: Murray; Murray #2; Murray #3; Murray (Bed hanging). Compare their thread counts with Logan's above.
Thread count
DB/8 K8 DB48 K48 G48 R16 G48 K48 DB8 K8 DB8 K8 DB48 K8 DB8 K8 DB8 K48 G48 R16 G48 K48 DB48 K8 DB/16
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 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Lochinvar Marine Harvest (Corporate) — ΔT 0.59
- Lamont — ΔT 0.93
- Wilson's No.157 — ΔT 1.07
- MacEwen (Clans Originaux) — ΔT 1.07
- Allen (1998) — ΔT 1.10
- Ellenee — ΔT 1.16
- Lorne, Louise of — ΔT 1.20
- Hunter of Peebleshire — ΔT 1.21
- MacLachlan Hunting — ΔT 1.22
- Gordon — ΔT 1.25
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/s25/db2k1db6k6g6r2g6k6db1k1db1k1db6k1db1k1db1k6g6r2g6k6db6k1db1~x8/