MacDonald of Belfinlay
Bands: KGRGRGRGRK · Stripes: K G R G R G R G R K K G R G R G R G R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 10 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2357
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1914 — MacDonald of Belfinlay (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1914 — MacDonald of Clanranald - 1914 (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2357
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4559
Thread count
K/16 G8 R8 G6 R64 G6 R8 G6 R8 K/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #447C34 #447C34 | G #006100 | 0.11 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacColl — ΔT 0.92
- MacColl — ΔT 0.94
- Auld Reekie Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 2381. Earliest known date: Pre 1997 Produced by or for Barkraft Lt for use as a blanket or rug. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.04
- MacColl — ΔT 1.15
- MacColl #3 — ΔT 1.25
- Lougheed — ΔT 1.31
- Auld Lang Syne (red) Tartan Tartan Number: 2402. Earliest known date: Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.32
- MacColl — ΔT 1.32
- Virginia Tech — ΔT 1.33
- Crawford — ΔT 1.34
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/s10/k8g4r4g3r32g3r4g3r4k4~x2/