MacDonald #6
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=2339
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2339
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 424
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/16 R4 B4 R8 B20 R4 K22 G20 R8 G4 R4 G/16

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 MINI Design Tartan Tartan Number: 4199. Earliest known date: Dupion Silk. Display Purposes Only. Reduced Copy of 419 MacDonald. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.54
- Cameron (altered by weaver) — ΔT 0.59
- Hueg (Personal) — ΔT 0.68
- MacDonald #2 — ΔT 0.82
- MacLachlan Hunting — ΔT 0.87
- Balmoral Hotel (Corporate) — ΔT 1.00
- Kinloch Anderson #2 (Corporate) — ΔT 1.03
- Stuart/Stewart Ancient — ΔT 1.05
- Denovan, The Lairdship of (Personal) — ΔT 1.09
- Bonner or Bonnar — ΔT 1.10
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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