MacDougall #8
Bands: RGKRRGRGRGR · Stripes: R DG K R R DG R DG R DG R R DG K R R DG R DG R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2401
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2401
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1471
Thread count
R/8 G16 K12 DR16 R12 G4 R4 G4 R48 G2 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #960028 #960028 | R #CC0000 | 0.12 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDougal 3 — ΔT 0.72
- Virginia Tech (Corporate) — ΔT 0.95
- Virginia Tech — ΔT 0.97
- MacDonell of Keppoch — ΔT 1.02
- Chisholm D — ΔT 1.12
- Buccleuch — ΔT 1.12
- MacDougal 4 — ΔT 1.16
- Griffiths (Welsh Name) — ΔT 1.19
- Cameron of Locheil — ΔT 1.21
- Morgan (Welsh Name) — ΔT 1.23
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/s11/r4dg8k6r8r6dg2r2dg2r24dg1r3~x2/