MacColl
Bands: GRGRBRBRBRGRBR · Stripes: G R G R DB R DB R DB R G R DB R G R G R DB R DB R DB R G R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2315
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1819 — MacColl (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1950 (Setts) — MacColl (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2315
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 878
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 878
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
G/16 R4 G4 R48 DB4 R4 DB12 R4 DB4 R8 G32 R4 DB4 R/48

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C1C50 #1C1C50 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacColl — ΔT 0.40
- MacColl — ΔT 0.52
- MacColl — ΔT 0.78
- MacDonald of Belfinlay — ΔT 0.92
- MacColl #3 — ΔT 0.93
- Rothesay, Duke of — ΔT 1.04
- Robertson #5 — ΔT 1.09
- MacGillivray #3 — ΔT 1.10
- MacColl — ΔT 1.12
- London, Caledonian — ΔT 1.13
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/r12db1r1g8r2db1r1db3r1db1r12g1r1g4~x4/