MacFarlane (Lord Lyon sett)
Bands: GWRKBGWRKRWGKR · Stripes: DG W M K DP DG W M K M W DG K M DG W M K DP DG W M K M W DG K M
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2432
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2432
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 948
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 948
Thread count
G/6 LN8 R6 K8 P24 G4 LN4 R6 K2 R6 LN4 G24 K2 R/84

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| P | #780078 #780078 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| R | #A00048 #A00048 | R #CC0000 | 0.12 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Lendrum (Clan) — ΔT 0.17
- MacGillivray #2 — ΔT 0.73
- MacFarlane, or Lendrum — ΔT 0.81
- MacGillivray — ΔT 0.99
- MacFarlane — ΔT 1.10
- MacFarlane — ΔT 1.17
- Unidentified #14 — ΔT 1.18
- YMCA — ΔT 1.21
- YMCA (Corporate) — ΔT 1.26
- Stratford City Police PB (Corp) — ΔT 1.27
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/m42k1dg12w2m3k1m3w2dg2dp12k4m3w4dg3~x2/