Montrose (Macnaughton variation)
Bands: BKRBKGRKB · Stripes: DB K R DB K G R K DB DB K R DB K G R K DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2998
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2998
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5667
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/4 K4 DR48 DB20 K24 G48 DR48 K4 DB/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Canadian Autumn — ΔT 0.95
- McCall/MacCall — ΔT 1.00
- Baronage — ΔT 1.03
- Fraser Green — ΔT 1.05
- Johnnie Walker (2003) (Corporate) — ΔT 1.06
- Daks, Blue Loden — ΔT 1.06
- Rannoch Moor (Fashion) — ΔT 1.08
- Unidentified Plaid #15 — ΔT 1.08
- MacQuarrie LO — ΔT 1.09
- MacQuarrie LO — ΔT 1.09
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/s9/db1k1r12g12k6db5r12k1db1~x4/