Lumsden (Short)
In pattern GWGRGYGRGRGRGRGRWRBRBRWRBRBRBR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 30 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2243
Attestations
This cloth appears in 3 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- undated — Lumsden (Short) (register-of-tartans, record)
- Unknown — Lumsden (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Lumsden Short version Family Tartan Tartan Number: 931. Earliest known date: 0 One of a set of three similar designs for Laurie, Lawrie and Lowry. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Thread count
G/12 LN2 G12 R6 G6 Y2 G6 R6 G8 R6 G10 R18 G4 R8 G4 R18 LN2 R8 DB22 R4 DB22 R8 LN2 R18 DB2 R2 DB4 R2 DB2 R/18

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 #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Lumsden Short Version — ΔT 0.41
- Huntly District Tartan Tartan Number: 853. Earliest known date: 1893 (1745) 'Old and Rare Scottish Tartans' was published in 1893 by D.W. Stewart. The book was illustrated by samples woven in silk. The Huntly district tartan is known to have been worn at the time of the '45 rebellion by Brodies, Forbes', Gordons, MacRaes, Munros and Rosses which gives a strong indication of the greater antiquity of the 'District' setts. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.70
- Huntly — ΔT 0.78
- Lumsden (Waistcoat) — ΔT 0.87
- Kinnoull — ΔT 0.87
- Lumsden, of Clova — ΔT 0.95
- MacRae of Inverinate Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2000. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Presented by Mrs Macrae of Inverinate 1977, and approved for the use of the MacRaes of the Inverinate branch of the Clan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.06
- MacRae Prince's Own — ΔT 1.06
- MacRae - 1810 (Prince's Own) — ΔT 1.12
- Marchioness of Huntly's — ΔT 1.15
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/s30/r18b2r2b4r2b2r18w2r8b22r4b22r8w2r18g4r8g4r18g10r6g8r6g6y2g6r6g12w2g12-b2c2c80-g006818-rc80000-we0e0e0-ye8c000/