Caledonia No 3

In pattern BRBBYGRBR.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripe tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=468

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Thread count

R/26 B6 R26 G24 Y4 DP18 B18 R26 DP/4 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
B#3C82AF #3C82AFB #2A418A0.19
DP#280032 #280032B #2A418A0.22
G#005020 #005020G #0061000.07
R#DC0000 #DC0000R #CC00000.03
Y#E8C000 #E8C000Y #F2BF000.02

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Caledonia No 3 — ΔT 0.41
  2. MacDuff #5 — ΔT 1.20
  3. Prince Charles Edward (Edinburgh) — ΔT 1.29
  4. MacDuff Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2141. Earliest known date: 1831 According to D.C.Stewart, "It will be observed that the MacDuff tartan is substantially the Royal Stuart with the white and yellow lines removed. Whether this indicates it as a source of the Stuart, or the association of the Earls of Fife with the Crown, remains to be determined." James Logan published this sett in his book, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.30
  5. Unidentified Plaid #4 — ΔT 1.31
  6. MacKintosh-Geddes (Personal?) — ΔT 1.33
  7. Alexander - 1985 (Name) — ΔT 1.35
  8. Ryan/Fehder (Personal) — ΔT 1.39
  9. Royal Stuart/Stewart — ΔT 1.39
  10. MacDuff #2 — ΔT 1.42

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 14299 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.

Caledonia No 3MacDuff #5Prince Charles Edward (Edinburgh)MacDuff Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2141. Earliest known date: 1831 According to D.C.Stewart, "It will be observed that the MacDuff tartan is substantially the Royal Stuart with the white and yellow lines removed. Whether this indicates it as a source of the Stuart, or the association of the Earls of Fife with the Crown, remains to be determined." James Logan published this sett in his book, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015Unidentified Plaid #4MacKintosh-Geddes (Personal?)Alexander - 1985 (Name)Ryan/Fehder (Personal)Royal Stuart/StewartMacDuff #2

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