MacColl #3
Bands: GRGRGRBRGRGRGR · Stripes: DG R DG R DY R DB R DY R DG R DY R DG R DG R DY R DB R DY R DG R DY R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2317
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2317
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 968
Thread count
G/8 R2 G2 R24 T2 R2 B6 R2 T2 R4 G16 R2 T2 R/24

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 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| T | #503C14 #503C14 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacColl #2 — ΔT 0.57
- MacColl — ΔT 0.74
- London Caledonian Games Association — ΔT 0.75
- London, Caledonian — ΔT 0.87
- MacColl — ΔT 0.93
- Burns 1930 — ΔT 0.94
- Virginia Tech — ΔT 0.96
- MacColl — ΔT 1.02
- Munro (Logan) — ΔT 1.08
- Virginia Tech (Corporate) — ΔT 1.09
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/r12dy1r1dg8r2dy1r1db3r1dy1r12dg1r1dg4~x2/