MacKinlay (2/4 black stripes)
Bands: BKBKBKGKRKGKBKB · Stripes: DB K DB K DB K G K R K G K DB K DB DB K DB K DB K G K R K G K DB K DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5201
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5201
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3423
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/12 K4 DB4 K4 DB4 K12 G16 K2 DR3 K2 G16 K12 DB16 K4 DB/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes #2 — ΔT 0.60
- Lorne, Louise of — ΔT 0.64
- Cheape of Torosay (Clan) — ΔT 0.66
- Murray #2 — ΔT 0.67
- New South Wales Scottish Rifles — ΔT 0.67
- Stephenson Hunting — ΔT 0.73
- Safeway — ΔT 0.74
- Urquhart — ΔT 0.75
- Cheape of Torosay #2 (Personal) — ΔT 0.77
- MacKinlay — ΔT 0.78
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/s15/db12k4db4k4db4k12g16k2r3k2g16k12db16k4db4/