MacDonald, Sir John A
Bands: RKGWKBKRGRW · Stripes: R K DG LB K DB K R DG R LB R K DG LB K DB K R DG R LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2379
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacDonald, Sir John A (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacDonald, Sir John A (Comm) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2379
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1581
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1581
Thread count
DR/20 K6 G4 N4 K44 DB8 K44 DR8 G8 DR28 N/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00008C #00008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| DR | #8C0000 #8C0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.14 |
| G | #004C00 #004C00 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #C8C8C8 #C8C8C8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- York Region Pipe Band — ΔT 0.14
- MacDonald, Sir John A. — ΔT 0.80
- Canterbury (Fashion) — ΔT 1.16
- Grady, Highlands — ΔT 1.39
- Sonsub Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6984. Earliest known date: 2006 Corporate colours for Sonsub Ltd, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. Sonsub is a well known provider of remote subsea systems technology, and provides services to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Africa, Caspian and Middle East. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.41
- de Meuron (Neuchâtel) Dress, The — ΔT 1.42
- Drambuie — ΔT 1.43
- Highland Spring (1985) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.49
- Model T Ford (Corporate) — ΔT 1.50
- Guthrie — ΔT 1.56
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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