MacNab Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 857. Earliest known date: c.1816 The structure of the MacNab is identical with that of the Black Watch; but, by a translation of colours, the most subdued of tartans becomes one of the most striking. D.C.Stewart suggests looking at the pattern through a green filter to see the effect. James Logan recorded ths pattern in his book, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831, despite receiving a different sett from the largest weaving company of the time, William Wilson and Company, Bannockburn. Wilson's MacNab survives as an alternative tartan for the clan. James Charles MacNab of MacNab, Wester Kilmany, Fife, was recognised as chief in 1970. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern GRGRGRRRRRGRG.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 13 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=857
Thread count
G/16 R2 G2 R2 G2 R12 Ra16 R2 Ra16 R12 G14 R2 G/2
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| R | #A00048 #A00048 | R #C80000 | 0.11 |
| Ra | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacNab (Logan) — ΔT 0.00
- MacNab 3 — ΔT 0.56
- MacNab — ΔT 0.63
- Mauthe Unidentified (Name?) — ΔT 1.20
- MacNab (Clan) — ΔT 1.31
- Mauthe Unidentified — ΔT 1.34
- Wcwm 1155 — ΔT 1.37
- Poulter SG 101 (Fashion) — ΔT 1.40
- Glenmorangie #2 — ΔT 1.49
- Dewar — ΔT 1.49
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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