Malawi
Bands: RKRKRKRGKBW · Stripes: R K R K R K R DG K DB W R K R K R K R DG K DB W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5882
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5882
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3221
Thread count
LN/8 B32 K2 G16 R16 K16 R4 K8 R4 K8 R/32

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wells Red, Greg (Personal) — ΔT 0.75
- McGurk (Personal) — ΔT 0.86
- Kenya — ΔT 0.91
- MacBrine (Name) — ΔT 1.18
- Ulster Ancestry — ΔT 1.18
- Stephens Dress — ΔT 1.20
- Fullerton, Terence (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
- Etienne-Carter, Sir George — ΔT 1.24
- Stuart/Stewart #2 — ΔT 1.26
- Popular — ΔT 1.27
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/s11/r16k4r2k4r2k8r8dg8k1db16w4~x2/