Gillies
Bands: BKGRGKYKGRGKBK · Stripes: DB K G R G K LY K G R G K DB K DB K G R G K LY K G R G K DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1340
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1940 — Gillies (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1940 — Gillies (Lochcarron) (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1340
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 324
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 324
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
- Gillies
- MacClellan
- MacLellan
- MacLellan Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 323. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Very similar to MacLaren See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Thread count
DB/88 K15 G9 R12 G20 K3 Y8 K6 G20 R12 G9 K15 DB24 K/36
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 | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacDonald of Clanranald #4 — ΔT 0.51
- Robertson Htg - 1816 (Clan) — ΔT 0.67
- Robertson Hunting — ΔT 0.69
- Glynn of Glynnstewart (Personal) — ΔT 0.71
- Craigclowan School — ΔT 0.75
- O'Kelly Family (Personal) — ΔT 0.85
- Cochrane Hunting — ΔT 0.91
- Rankin (1998) (Name) — ΔT 0.99
- Baron of Greencastle Htg (Personal) — ΔT 1.03
- Eildon (1996) — ΔT 1.06
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/s14/db88k15g9r12g20k3ly8k6g20r12g9k15db24k36/