MacDonell of Keppoch #3
Bands: RGRGRGRGRKRKRKR · Stripes: R G R G R G R G R K R K R K R R G R G R G R G R K R K R K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2388
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1845 — MacDonell of Keppoch #3 (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1845 — MacDonell of Keppoch - 1845 (McIain) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2388
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1506
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1506
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DR/48 G8 DR4 G4 DR4 G4 DR24 G48 DR4 K4 DR48 K4 DR4 K4 DR/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Waverley Care Aids Trust — ΔT 1.32
- MacColl — ΔT 1.35
- MacDonald of Aird & Valley (Clan?) — ΔT 1.38
- Scottish Piping Society of London — ΔT 1.47
- Frame (Ferniegair) (Personal) — ΔT 1.47
- MacColl — ΔT 1.55
- Frame - Ferniegair (Personal) — ΔT 1.62
- Welsh National #2 — ΔT 1.64
- MacColl — ΔT 1.66
- MacColl — ΔT 1.67
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/s15/r12g2r1g1r1g1r6g12r1k1r12k1r1k1r3~x4/