MacDonald of Borrodale (Clan)
Bands: RBRBKGYR · Stripes: R DB R DB K G LY R R DB R DB K G LY R
This was sourced from tartans-authority. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/2584/
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- pre 1746 — MacDonald of Borrodale (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — MacDonald of Borrodale (register-of-tartans, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2351
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2584
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2584
Thread count
R/12 DB6 R6 DB64 K60 G60 Y6 R/6
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 | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh — ΔT 0.55
- Borrodale — ΔT 0.60
- MacLeod, Macleod of Harris — ΔT 0.84
- Offally — ΔT 0.86
- Sandberg of Greenock (Personal) — ΔT 0.87
- Colquhoun — ΔT 0.89
- Genet, Citizen (Commem) — ΔT 0.89
- Scotch House 2000, antique — ΔT 0.92
- MacLaren — ΔT 0.93
- Barnes — ΔT 0.93
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/s8/r6db3r3db32k30g30ly3r3~x2/