MacBeth
Bands: BYKWKWKGRKRW · Stripes: DB LY K W K W K G R K R W DB LY K W K W K G R K R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2297
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: 2297
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 678
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 678
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/144 Y16 K20 W4 K4 W4 K8 G32 R24 K4 R12 W/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacBeth, MacLulich — ΔT 0.54
- Moskyok-Collins (Portland) (Personal — ΔT 0.71
- Unidentified, specimen — ΔT 0.78
- Royal Navy — ΔT 0.90
- Unidentified Specimen — ΔT 0.90
- MacBeth #2 — ΔT 1.02
- State Seal of Colorado (Fashion) — ΔT 1.05
- Voluntary Service Aberdeen — ΔT 1.06
- Hudson's Bay Company — ΔT 1.09
- MacBeth — ΔT 1.14
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/s12/db36ly4k5w1k1w1k2g8r6k1r3w1~x4/