MacNeil of Colonsay (Highland Society of London)
Bands: GKGKGKGBRBRBW · Stripes: DG K DG K DG K DG DB R DB R DB W DG K DG K DG K DG DB R DB R DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 13 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2688
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2688
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 804
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 804
Thread count
G/16 K5 G4 K8 G44 K40 G4 DB52 R10 DB4 R4 DB10 LN/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonald of Clanranald #2 — ΔT 0.46
- Unnamed C20th - Unregistered Error — ΔT 0.58
- MacDonell of Glengarry - 1914 (Clan) — ΔT 0.59
- MacDonell of Glengarry — ΔT 0.59
- MacDonald of Clanranald #5 — ΔT 0.61
- MacDonell of Glengarry #3 — ΔT 0.62
- MacDonald of Clanranald — ΔT 0.63
- MacLaren (labelled) — ΔT 0.68
- Bell's Whisky (SA) — ΔT 0.69
- Farquharson — ΔT 0.71
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/s13/dg16k5dg4k8dg44k40dg4db52r10db4r4db10w6/