MacArthur
Bands: KGKGY · Stripes: K G K G LY K G K G LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2278
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1842 — MacArthur (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1842 — MacArthur (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2278
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1100
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1100
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
K/36 G12 K12 G48 Y/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scotch Tape 2 (Corporate) — ΔT 0.85
- Innes Hunting — ΔT 0.86
- Confederate Infantry — ΔT 1.09
- Wilson's No.197 — ΔT 1.17
- Innes, Georgina (Portrait) — ΔT 1.18
- Moore Caledonian (Personal) — ΔT 1.21
- Confederate Artillery — ΔT 1.30
- MacArthur-Fox (Personal) — ΔT 1.31
- Holman (Personal) — ΔT 1.35
- Romsdal — ΔT 1.39
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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