MacCainsh
Bands: RBKGKGKGKBY · Stripes: R DB K G K G K G K DB LO R DB K G K G K G K DB LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2304
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacCainsh (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacCainsh (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2304
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1379
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1379
Thread count
DR/4 DB16 K2 G4 K2 G8 K2 G4 K2 DB16 DY/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 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- U.S.I. Limited — ΔT 0.74
- American Society of Travel Agents, The (2001) — ΔT 0.79
- Grainger — ΔT 0.86
- Unidentified #2 — ΔT 0.91
- Dickson Name Tartan Tartan Number: 10140. Earliest known date: July 2009 A tartan designed by Matthew Newsome for George Newberry of Macon, GA, USA who wishes it to be regarded as a tartan for all Dicksons from Kirkcudbrightshire, who are descended from Richard Keith, son of the Marischal of Scotland (d. 1249) and Margaret, daughter of the third Lord Douglas. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.93
- Unidentified #32 — ΔT 1.01
- Lochcarron of Scotland — ΔT 1.04
- Wilson's No.060 — ΔT 1.06
- Scottish Rugby Union (Sports) — ΔT 1.07
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra — ΔT 1.08
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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