MacDonald of Lochmaddy
Bands: GRGRWWRBRWWRGRWWR · Stripes: DG R DG R W LT R DB R LT W R DG R LT W R DG R DG R W LT R DB R LT W R DG R LT W R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 17 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2365
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1950 — MacDonald of Lochmaddy (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1950? — MacDonald of Lochmaddy (Clan?) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2365
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 971
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 971
Thread count
DG/6 R4 DG2 R32 W2 LB4 R4 DB8 R4 LB4 W2 R4 DG28 R4 LB4 W2 R/26

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000048 #000048 | B #2A418A | 0.22 |
| DG | #004028 #004028 | G #006100 | 0.13 |
| LB | #00FCFC #00FCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Moir (Loch Insch) (Personal) — ΔT 0.80
- MacPherson — ΔT 0.97
- Confrerie de Vouvray — ΔT 1.00
- City of New Bern 300 — ΔT 1.01
- Ainslie — ΔT 1.05
- Stewart of Appin 5 — ΔT 1.10
- Winthrop University — ΔT 1.11
- Sabrettes (Corporate) — ΔT 1.11
- Hepburn (Clan) — ΔT 1.13
- Heart of Midlothian Football Club — ΔT 1.15
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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