Matheson (Lochcarron)
Bands: BRGBRGRGRGRGRGBRGRGRG · Stripes: DB R G DB R G R G R G R G R G DB R G R G R G DB R G DB R G R G R G R G R G DB R G R G R G
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 21 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/3461/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- pre 2002 — Matheson (Lochcarron) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Matheson (Lochcarron) (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5025
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3461
Thread count
DB/10 DR4 G12 DB20 DR4 G4 DR4 G4 DR12 G4 DR4 G4 DR4 G4 DB18 DR54 G4 DR4 G4 DR4 G/14

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Matheson (Clan) — ΔT 1.20
- MacTier of Durris — ΔT 1.24
- Matheson Hunting (STS incomplete sett) — ΔT 1.32
- Matheson (WCWM) — ΔT 1.36
- Robertson D — ΔT 1.36
- Robertson D — ΔT 1.36
- Ross Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 864. Earliest known date: 1810-15 D.C.Stewart says, "The version here given may be taken to be correct." Later versions, including Logans, are known to have omissions. The Clan Ross is descended from Fearcher MacinTagart, Earl of Ross in the 13th century. The chiefship has passed to the Rosses of Shandwick. The tartan is also worn by the MacTiers. Also worn by the Metro Toronto Police pipe band. (Strathallan 1994) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.37
- Robertson — ΔT 1.38
- Ross (Clan) — ΔT 1.39
- Stewart of Killiecrankie — ΔT 1.39
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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