MacDonald #5
Bands: BRBRBRKGRGRG · Stripes: DB R DB R DB R K DG R DG R DG DB R DB R DB R K DG R DG R DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2338
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2338
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 423
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/24 R4 B4 R10 B52 R4 K58 G54 R10 G4 R4 G/24

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| 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.
- MacDonald #3 — ΔT 0.21
- MacDonald #4 — ΔT 0.28
- MacDonald — ΔT 0.45
- Campbell of Breadalbane #2 — ΔT 0.78
- Black from Cumnock (Personal) — ΔT 0.78
- Gordon #2 — ΔT 0.87
- Campbell of Breadalbane (Military) — ΔT 0.93
- Stewart of Appin (Clan) — ΔT 0.93
- Murray of Atholl #2 — ΔT 0.93
- Kettles, Ryan & Alan (Personal) — ΔT 0.94
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/s12/db12r2db2r5db26r2k29dg27r5dg2r2dg12~x2/