Macallan Distillery
Bands: BRBRBYKGRGRG · Stripes: T R T R T LY K G R G R G T R T R T LY K G R G R G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2272
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1980 — Macallan Distillery (register-of-tartans, record)
- mid 1980's — Macallan Distillery (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2272
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5836
Thread count
B/16 R2 B4 R6 B24 Y2 K24 G24 R6 G4 R2 G/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Boston Pipe Band, Greater — ΔT 0.63
- Leitrem County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 0.64
- Boston Pipe Band, Greater (Corp) — ΔT 0.70
- Wilson's No.232 — ΔT 0.86
- Grant (Wilson's 1819 Key Pattern Book) — ΔT 0.93
- Law Society of Scotland — ΔT 0.97
- New Zealand (2003) — ΔT 0.99
- Stirling & Bannockburn (District) — ΔT 1.00
- McWilliams Wedding (Personal) — ΔT 1.02
- MacMillan Htg (1906) (Clan) — ΔT 1.02
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/g8r1g2r3g12k12ly1t12r3t2r1t8~x2/