MacFadzean/MacPhedran
Bands: GBWKGRG · Stripes: G DB W K G R G G DB W K G R G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2431
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1945 — MacFadzean/MacPhedran (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1945 — MacFadzean/MacPhedran (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2431
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 744
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 744
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
G/12 DB48 W4 K48 G52 R8 G/8

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 | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Paterson Blue (Personal) — ΔT 0.56
- Leslie, Hebridean — ΔT 0.65
- Paterson (Personal) — ΔT 0.68
- Afternoon Tea / Darjeeling — ΔT 0.75
- MacLeod Small Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 15833. Earliest known date: See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.78
- MacRae Hunting #2 — ΔT 0.78
- MacMillan Hunting — ΔT 0.78
- Ferguson - 1830 of Atholl (Clan) — ΔT 0.79
- Ballantyne (Personal) STWR — ΔT 0.80
- DeLoughery (Personal) — ΔT 0.80
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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