MacLachlan #3
Bands: RKRKBKGKBKRKRKR · Stripes: R K R K DB K DG K DB K R K R K R R K R K DB K DG K DB K R K R K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2583
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2583
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1594
Thread count
R/4 K4 R24 K20 B24 K2 G6 K2 B20 K20 R4 K4 R4 K4 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 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Frankfurt & Disttrict P & D (Corpora — ΔT 0.59
- MacLachlan #2 — ΔT 0.71
- MacLachlan — ΔT 0.90
- MacLachlan 1 — ΔT 0.91
- MacInroy (Wedding) (Personal) — ΔT 0.94
- MacLachlan — ΔT 1.00
- Bonner, (Bonnar) — ΔT 1.08
- Metro Detroit Police & Fire P & — ΔT 1.10
- Royal Canadian Air Force #3 — ΔT 1.10
- North Berwick Pipe Band District Tartan Tartan Number: 2342. Earliest known date: 1990 Designed by Donald Fraser for the North Berwick Pipe Band dancers for their visit to Maine USA in 1990. The Pipe Band itself normally wears McKenzie. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.17
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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