Gemmell Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 4125. Earliest known date: 2001 Designed for Thomas Gemmell of Gemmell Tartans, Dumfries. Based on the 42nd sett with the proportions of the Military Medal (MM) overlaid on the single tram-line blue square. The MM was won in World War II by Thomas Gemmell's father Charles Nelson Gemmell (1919-1987) who fought in North Africa, Sicily and mainland Italy. He was a sergeant in the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion. Sample in STA Collection. Can be worn by anyone of the name on applicatioin to Thomas Gemmell. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
Bands: BKBKBKGKGKBBRBRBBKGKGKBKBK · Stripes: T K T K T K G K G K DB T R T R T DB K G K G K T K T K T K T K T K G K G K DB T R T R T DB K G K G K T K T K
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 26 band tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=4125
Thread count
B/32 K4 B4 K4 B4 K20 G24 K4 G24 K20 DB12 B4 DR4 B4 DR4 B4 DB12 K20 G24 K4 G24 K20 B4 K4 B4 K/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Campbell of Argyll (no guards) — ΔT 0.52
- Campbell of Argyll #2 — ΔT 0.62
- Fyvie — ΔT 0.67
- Campbell of Argyll Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1961. Earliest known date: 1810-15 This sett appears in the Cockburn Collection, (1815). Logan (1831). Vestiarium Scoticum (1842). Smibert (1850). Smith (1850). Grant (1886). The Setts No: 19 (1950). W & A K Johnston (1906). Like many of the earliest clan setts, the Campbell of Argyll, owes its origin to the post rebellion output of Wilson's of Bannockburn, whose monopoly on military supply dictated design. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.69
- Campbell — ΔT 0.70
- Stephenson Hunting #2 — ΔT 0.71
- Keith — ΔT 0.84
- Wilson's No.030 — ΔT 0.89
- Polaris Military — ΔT 0.99
- Shaw of Carolina (Personal) — ΔT 1.01
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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