MacColl Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 878. Earliest known date: 1797 The MacColl tartan was produced by Wilson's of Bannockburn in 1797 under the name of 'Bruce' later known as 'Old Bruce'. Some historical detective work is required to establish the earliest date for the MacColl tartan. The MacColls are a branch of the Clan Donald who settled around Loch Fyne. Some of the clan living in the Ballachulich area took protection from the Stewart of Appin. There is a strong similarity in the pattern structure of the 'Appin' and the MacColl design. Wilson took great care to produce genuine Highland tartans, but he was less concerned with the naming of them, suggesting that he had in fact produced a MacColl tartan with a mistaken identity. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern GRGRBRBRBRGRBR.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 14 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=878
Thread count
G/8 R2 G2 R24 DB2 R2 DB6 R2 DB2 R4 G16 R2 DB2 R/24
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 #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacColl — ΔT 0.20
- MacColl — ΔT 0.34
- MacColl — ΔT 0.65
- MacColl — ΔT 0.77
- MacColl — ΔT 0.77
- MacColl #3 — ΔT 0.92
- MacDonald of Belfinlay — ΔT 1.01
- MacGillivray Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 880. Earliest known date: pre 2003 The pattern books of the old firm of weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, provide a reliable early source for this tartan. Wilson's were in business with a monopoly to supply tartan to the regiments in the second half of the 18th century before this pattern was recorded. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.06
- London Caledonian Commemorative Tartan Tartan Number: 1388. Earliest known date: 1953 For London Caledonian Games Association. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.06
- MacColl — ΔT 1.06
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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