MacAlpine
Bands: GKYKGKGKGKGKYK · Stripes: DG K LY K DG K DG K DG K DG K LR K DG K LY K DG K DG K DG K DG K LR K
This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 14 band tartan.
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Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2540
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2625
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3555
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1429
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1429
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 864
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DG/1 K4 LG1 K4 DG1 K1 DG6 K1 DG6 K1 DG1 K4 N1 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #11450D #11450D | G #006100 | 0.09 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| LG | #AAAA00 #AAAA00 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.13 |
| N | #AAAAAA #AAAAAA | Y #F2BF00 | 0.19 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacAlpine (a) — ΔT 0.00
- MacAlpine — ΔT 0.53
- Unnamed 5 — ΔT 1.25
- MacAlpine — ΔT 1.28
- Episcopal Clergy (Corporate) — ΔT 1.30
- Episcopal Clergy — ΔT 1.47
- MacAlpine — ΔT 1.51
- Strath Halladale (Sutherland) — ΔT 1.55
- Davidson — ΔT 1.55
- Hopetoun, Rejected design — ΔT 1.63
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/s14/k4lr1k4dg1k1dg6k1dg6k1dg1k4ly1k4dg1/