MacCoul
In pattern RRBRGRGRRRBRGRGRRR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 18 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2327
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Thread count
R/8 Ra72 DP2 Ra4 DG24 Ra24 DG24 R12 Ra4 R12 DP24 Ra8 DG4 Ra8 DG4 Ra4 R4 Ra/24
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006400 | 0.16 |
| DP | #440044 #440044 | B #2C4084 | 0.17 |
| R | #CC4438 #CC4438 | R #C80000 | 0.07 |
| Ra | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- 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 0.43
- MacCoul — ΔT 0.68
- Fiddes #3 — ΔT 0.94
- Fiddes — ΔT 1.17
- Drummond - 1819 (Clan) — ΔT 1.25
- Unnamed 18th century plaid from Rothiemurchus — ΔT 1.42
- Dalziel (Clan) — ΔT 1.43
- MacDougall #8 — ΔT 1.43
- MacDougal 4 — ΔT 1.44
- MacGillivray Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 446. Earliest known date: 1831 "A characteristic Clan Chattan tartan...", writes D.C.Stewart, with much in common with the setts of the neighbouring clans in Strathnairn and Morvern. Wilson produced this sett with a black stripe in the centre of the the red square. The chiefship of Clan MacGillivray is vacant and the 'Steward' of clan affairs, appointed by Lord Lyon, is Commander Colonel George Brown MacGillivray. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.45
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.
ID: /setts/s18/r24ra4r4g4r8g4r8b24ra12r4ra12g24r24g24r4b2r72ra8-b440044-g003820-rc80000-racc4438/