MacDonell of Keppoch #2

In pattern RBRGRBRBRGR.

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripes tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2387

Thread count

R/4 B2 R28 G24 R16 B2 R4 B2 R12 G4 R/16

Palette

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

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

1. MacDonell of Keppach — ΔT 0.49
2. MacDonell of Keppoch Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1401. Earliest known date: 1893 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' (1893), contains a selection of forty five setts, woven in silk, of special interest or antiquity. Many of the illustrated tartans owe their present day popularity to the publication of this work. The author was D. W. Stewart. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.52
3. MacDonell of Keppoch — ΔT 0.68
4. 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 0.92
5. MacDonell of Keppach — ΔT 1.00
6. Cameron Ancient — ΔT 1.20
7. Rose — ΔT 1.32
8. Cameron Old Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1517. Earliest known date: 0 A document written in Latin of 1689 descibes the Cameron men from Lochaber as being clad in blue and yellow when they followed their great Chief, Sir Ewan Cameron, to battle and victory at Killiecrankie. This new design was evolved in the 1940s by J G MacKay of Portree and first put on show at the Cameron Gathering at Achnacarry in 1956. The original Cameron first appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.33
9. Rose Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 845. Earliest known date: 1842 The text of the Vestiarium gives the colours as purple and crimson but in the plate they appear as mid blue and scarlet. The Lord Lyon records crimson as red. D.C. Stewart regarded this sett as a 'dress' tartan. ('The Setts..' 1950) James Logan records a 'hunting' version. ('The Scottish Gael' 1831). The castle of Kilravock which has been the residence of the Roses for over five centuries is still the seat of the chief. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.40
10. Cameron, Ancient — ΔT 1.42

Neighbour map

Every grey dot is one of 15726 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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