McCulloch (Military Colours)
Bands: BBBBBYWRWYGKGKG · Stripes: B DB B DB B LR LB R LB LR DG K DG K DG B DB B DB B LR LB R LB LR DG K DG K DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5916
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5916
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 3206
Thread count
B/24 DB4 B4 DB4 B12 N4 Na4 R4 Na4 N4 T12 DG4 T4 DG4 T/24

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #0064AC #0064AC | B #2A418A | 0.10 |
| DB | #000064 #000064 | B #2A418A | 0.18 |
| DG | #001E00 #001E00 | K #000000 | 0.22 |
| N | #A9A0A0 #A9A0A0 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.20 |
| Na | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| T | #324114 #324114 | G #006100 | 0.11 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- McCulloch (Personal) — ΔT 0.83
- Stevens (Personal) — ΔT 1.13
- State Seal of Montana (Fashion) — ΔT 1.20
- Patterson, William John Magee (Personal) — ΔT 1.27
- Malcolm (1840) — ΔT 1.28
- Allison (MacGregor-Hastie) — ΔT 1.30
- MacNicol Htg (Clan) — ΔT 1.32
- Man, Isle of — ΔT 1.32
- Annandale (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
- Elgin-Landshut — ΔT 1.33
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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