MacRae of Ardentoul
Bands: RBBYBWKGRKRKRKR · Stripes: R T DB LY DB W K DG R K R K R K R R T DB LY DB W K DG 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=2747
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1830 — MacRae of Ardentoul (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1830 — MacRae of Ardentoul - 1820 #1 (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2747
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1178
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1178
Thread count
R/24 B6 DB36 Y2 DB4 W2 K2 G36 R6 K2 R4 K6 R4 K2 R/160

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacFarhadian (Personal) — ΔT 1.07
- Scotia Village (Corporate) — ΔT 1.18
- Stewart/Stuart, Royal — ΔT 1.19
- Royal Stewart - 1819 — ΔT 1.20
- Fennell Grandmothers (Personal) — ΔT 1.25
- Day (2016) — ΔT 1.26
- Brittish Lions Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6636. Earliest known date: 2005 March Designed for the British Lions rugby team and unveiled in New York in April at the 2005 Tartan Day celebrations. Originally called Lion's Pride this tartan has a shield and other emblems woven into the red squares./Threadcount and colours aren't 100% original. Generated manually./ See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.28
- MacPherson (Crubin Plaid) — ΔT 1.34
- Firenze ~ Florence — ΔT 1.36
- Inverness Cathedral (Corporate) — ΔT 1.44
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.
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