Anderson Old (Makinlay)
Bands: RBKRKBWKYKYKRBGKRKGR · Stripes: R T K R K T W K LY K LY K R T DG K R K DG R R T K R K T W K LY K LY K R T DG K R K DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 20 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=87
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 87
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1347
Thread count
R/16 B32 K2 R8 K2 B104 LN16 K2 Y4 K8 Y4 K28 R4 B28 G32 K2 R8 K2 G32 R/16

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Anderson, Old — ΔT 0.57
- O'Mahony, The — ΔT 1.30
- Bog Myrtle Corner — ΔT 1.42
- Anderson (MacGregor-Hastie #2) — ΔT 1.51
- Heather Isle — ΔT 1.54
- Johnston, Diana Dress (Personal) — ΔT 1.55
- Taggart — ΔT 1.56
- Coigach — ΔT 1.56
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society — ΔT 1.56
- Penman Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 166. Earliest known date: 1984 From design by the late William Penman. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.56
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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