MacCraig
Bands: BWGRKGBRG · Stripes: DR LB G R K G DB R G DR LB G R K G DB R G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5171
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1746 — MacCraig (register-of-tartans, record)
- circa 1746? — MacCraig (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5171
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3337
Thread count
DRa/16 LP8 G56 DR8 K56 G8 DB56 DR8 G/16
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 |
| DRa | #4C0000 #4C0000 | B #2A418A | 0.25 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Blairmore — ΔT 0.68
- Cowan of Inveresk (Personal) — ΔT 0.70
- Scottish Cultural Society (Corporate — ΔT 0.83
- Veere (District) — ΔT 0.91
- MacLean, Donald Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 3440. Earliest known date: pre 2002 From Pendleton Woolen Mills of Oregon, owners of the only copy of Clans Originaux. EBW 8.11.02. This is the same as MacTaggart #408 and #409!!! See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.98
- Tindal — ΔT 0.99
- Logan Rogers — ΔT 1.01
- Cowan, of Inveresk — ΔT 1.02
- Veere — ΔT 1.04
- Drennan — ΔT 1.06
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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