MacQuarrie Ancient
Bands: BRKRGRGRKRBR · Stripes: DB R K R DG R DG R K R DB R DB R K R DG R DG R K R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2735
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2735
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 553
Thread count
B/2 R4 K2 R14 G16 R4 G16 R4 K8 R20 B2 R/4

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 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Nicolson MacNicol — ΔT 0.56
- Morrison — ΔT 0.79
- MacQuarrie, Ancient — ΔT 0.80
- MacNicol/Nicolson (Inverness Tweed Mill Co Ltd) — ΔT 0.81
- MacKinnon #10 — ΔT 0.83
- Nicolson (Lochcarron) — ΔT 0.87
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.94
- Morrison LC — ΔT 0.94
- Dabney Red (Personal) — ΔT 0.95
- Alexander - 1985 (Name) — ΔT 0.96
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/r2db1r10k4r2dg8r2dg8r7k1r2db1~x2/