MacRae (Red)
Bands: GRGRBRBRBRBRBRBRWRBRBRWRGRGRGRG · Stripes: G R G R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R W R DB R DB R W R G R G R G R G G R G R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R W R DB R DB R W R G R G R G R G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 31 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2742
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1850 — MacRae (Red) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1850 — MacRae - 1850 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2742
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 859
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 859
Thread count
G/16 R4 G16 R16 DB4 R4 DB4 R4 DB4 R16 DB4 R4 DB4 R4 DB4 R16 W4 R4 DB16 R4 DB16 R4 W4 R16 G4 R4 G4 R16 G16 R4 G/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 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacRae — ΔT 0.48
- MacRae — ΔT 0.61
- Grant of Ballindalloch (Personal) — ΔT 0.75
- MacRae — ΔT 0.91
- MacRae — ΔT 0.91
- Staffa (Silk) — ΔT 1.32
- Reid of Straloch (Personal) — ΔT 1.52
- Grant of Ballindalloch (Personal) — ΔT 1.61
- Fox, Red — ΔT 1.64
- Fitzgerald — ΔT 1.65
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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