MacDonald
Bands: GRGRGKRBRBRBRBRBRKGRGRG · Stripes: G R G R G K R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R K G R G R G G R G R G K R DB R DB R DB R DB R DB R K G R G R G
This was sourced from logan-1831. It is a 23 band tartan.
Original link /posts/logans-scottish-gael/
Provenance
James Logan recorded the MacDonald sett in 1831, on page 404 of the Table of Clan Tartans in The Scottish Gaël — the earliest systematic published collection of clan setts. Logan gives the stripe widths in eighths of an inch, measured across the cloth and reflected about each end (a half-sett):
2½ green · ½ red · 1 green · 1½ red · 8 green · 8 black · ½ red · 8 blue · 1½ red · ¾ blue · ½ red · 5 blue · ½ red · ¾ blue · 1½ red · 8 blue · ½ red · 8 black · 8 green · 1½ red · 1 green · ½ red · 5 green
In threads (at 8 to the eighth-inch) that is G/20 R4 G8 R12 G64 K64 R4 B64 R12 B6 R4 B40 R4 B6 R12 B64 R4 K64 G64 R12 G8 R4 G/40. Logan named his colours rather than dyeing to a standard, so the palette here is the Dictionary's modern reading of his names.
See Logan's Scottish Gaël for the full table and method.
Related setts
Later records of the MacDonald name adjusted Logan's counts: MacDonald of Glencoe; MacDonald; MacDonald #2; MacDonald #3. Compare their thread counts with Logan's above.
Thread count
G/20 R4 G8 R12 G64 K64 R4 DB64 R12 DB6 R4 DB40 R4 DB6 R12 DB64 R4 K64 G64 R12 G8 R4 G/40
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Stewart of Appin (Clan) — ΔT 0.91
- Scottish Tourist Board (1981) — ΔT 0.91
- Cameron — ΔT 0.93
- Rankine — ΔT 0.93
- Gordon Clan — ΔT 0.95
- Norwich No.023 — ΔT 0.97
- Logan — ΔT 1.01
- Rankin (Dalgleish) #2 — ΔT 1.02
- Kettles, Ryan & Alan (Personal) — ΔT 1.02
- Baillie of Polkemmet — ΔT 1.11
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.
ID: /setts/s23/g20r2g4r6g32k32r2db32r6db3r2db20r2db3r6db32r2k32g32r6g4r2g10~x2/