MacKirdy
Bands: KGKBW · Stripes: K G K B W K G K B W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2578
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1950 — MacKirdy (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1950 — MacKirdy (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2578
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1092
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1092
Thread count
K/4 Ga24 K22 B24 W/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| Ga | #408060 #408060 | G #006100 | 0.14 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Skibo — ΔT 0.77
- Sinclair of Ulbster — ΔT 0.89
- Herd Family Tartan Tartan Number: 170. Earliest known date: 1978 Woven for the wedding of William Hurd to Heather Petit. From JCT: STS monitoring committee recorded 1978. In march 2005. STS Record has the application being made by Councillor R J Herd, C.Eng, M.I.C.E., A.M.B.I.M. who had been granted arms by Lord Lyon. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.90
- Bhatti (Name) — ΔT 1.04
- Unidentified No 26 — ΔT 1.07
- Campbell of Argyll (Smiths) — ΔT 1.11
- Blaylock Annandale — ΔT 1.15
- Morrison Society — ΔT 1.18
- New York Fire Department Pipe Band — ΔT 1.19
- Wallace Blue (Fashion) — ΔT 1.20
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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