MacGowan
Bands: RBRGR · Stripes: R DB R G R R DB R G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2448
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacGowan (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacGowan (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2448
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5681
Thread count
R/24 DB24 R6 G24 R/24

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 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Gow — ΔT 0.39
- Gow (Portrait) — ΔT 0.81
- Gow — ΔT 0.87
- Menzies — ΔT 1.35
- Menzies — ΔT 1.35
- Tulsa, City of — ΔT 1.54
- Fiddes (Corrected) — ΔT 1.57
- MacDuff #3 — ΔT 1.62
- Unidentified (Gow-like) — ΔT 1.67
- Wilson's No.188 — ΔT 1.70
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/s5/r4db4r1g4r4~x6/