MacClellan
Bands: BKGRGKYKGRGKBK · Stripes: DB K DG R DG K LY K DG R DG K DB K DB K DG R DG K LY K DG R DG K DB K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2313
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2313
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 325
Thread count
B/18 K5 G3 R3 G6 K2 Y2 K2 G6 R3 G3 K10 B5 K/10

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 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacLeod of Gesto — ΔT 0.50
- Baillie (William Wilson) — ΔT 0.56
- MacLellan Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 323. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Very similar to MacLaren See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.62
- MacRae Htg - 1820 (Wilsons) — ΔT 0.63
- Farquharson — ΔT 0.64
- Cumbernauld District Tartan Tartan Number: 1566. Earliest known date: 1987 The Cumbernauld tartan is the same as the MacKenzie, except for a change in the colour scheme. Ancient green was incorporated with modern blue, black and red to represent a new thriving community, proud of its heritage. Cumbernauld is one of Scotlands new towns. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.66
- Stephenson Hunting Tartan Tartan Number: 770. Earliest known date: 1981 Based on an old and un-named sett in the records of Messrs Bolingbroke and Jones of Norwich, prior to 1870. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.67
- 78th Regiment (Highlanders) (Mil.) — ΔT 0.67
- MacLellan — ΔT 0.68
- Macallan — ΔT 0.71
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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