Fiddes #3
Bands: GRBKBKRBGBGRKBKBRG · Stripes: G R DP K DP K R DP G DP G R K DP K DP R G G R DP K DP K R DP G DP G R K DP K DP R G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1176
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1790 — Fiddes #3 (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1790s — Fiddes - 1790 (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Fiddes Family Tartan Tartan Number: 836. Earliest known date: 1800 Unusual sett from Wilsons of Bannockburn See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1176
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 836
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 836
Thread count
G/24 R22 P24 K2 P2 K2 R64 G16 P16 G16 P16 R64 K2 P2 K2 P24 R22 G/24
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Fiddes — ΔT 0.44
- MacCoul Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1635. Earliest known date: 1850 This plate is taken from the manuscript of William and Andrew Smith's 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'. The Smith's sources included the findings of George Hunter, an Army clothier, who toured the Highlands in search of old tartans prior to 1822. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.88
- MacCoul — ΔT 0.95
- MacCoul — ΔT 1.03
- Murray of Tullibardine - 1820 (Clan) — ΔT 1.07
- MacDougal 4 — ΔT 1.15
- MacDougall — ΔT 1.24
- MacDougall — ΔT 1.29
- Murray of Tullibardine (plaid) — ΔT 1.30
- MacDougall VS — ΔT 1.34
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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