MacNiven
Bands: GGBRWBWRW · Stripes: G G DB R LB DB LB R LB G G DB R LB DB LB R LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2693
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2693
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 752
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 752
Thread count
G/36 Ga4 DB10 DR90 LP6 DB36 LP6 DR16 N/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 |
| Ga | #289C18 #289C18 | G #006100 | 0.19 |
| LP | #A8ACE8 #A8ACE8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.23 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacNiven — ΔT 0.81
- Heirloom Red Alba (Fashion) — ΔT 0.97
- Blais — ΔT 0.99
- Hyland Evening (Personal) — ΔT 1.04
- Banause-Zunft zu Olte — ΔT 1.07
- Java Saint Andrew Society Dress — ΔT 1.17
- Blais (Personal) — ΔT 1.20
- Sidey Dress Tartan (Name) — ΔT 1.21
- King (Austria) (Personal) — ΔT 1.24
- Bro-Naoned — ΔT 1.26
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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